You are a physician in a clinic. You see a patient suffering from skin blistering. You take the skin biopsy, which looks as follows. Questions: What is wrong with the patient?

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Buck Hodges asked Sep 25, 2022

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You are a physician in a clinic.

You see a patient suffering from skin blistering. You take the skin biopsy, which looks as follows. Questions:
What is wrong with the patient?

You are a physician in a clinic. You see a patient suffering from skin blistering-example-1

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Buck Hodges asked Sep 25, 2022

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The patient is suffering from bullous pemphigoid. To confirm the diagnosis physician should run blood tests and take a small sample of the affected skin

Abhijit Mazumder answered Oct 1, 2022