Histopathological analysis of vesiculobullous skin lesion from a tertiary care hospital

Introduction: Vesiculobullous lesions are one of the predominant groups of skin lesions. Various types of pathologic processes can lead to the development of vesiculobullous eruptions over the body. Each entity in this group has distinct clinical features which help in their categorisation.
Methodology: This retrospective analytical study was conducted in the department of pathology from January-2018 to December-2018 where 16 patients were diagnosed with vesiculobullous lesion of skin. These cases were clinically and histopathologically analysed.
Results: Majority of the patients presented in the age group of 52 years. Female patients exceeded the male patients. In this study, there were 9 cases of non infectious bullous pemphigoid group of disease comprising the largest group (56.25%), 4 cases of pemphigus vulgaris (25%), 1 case of pemphigus foliaceus (6.2%) and 2 cases of pustular psoriasis (12.5%).
Conclusion: From this study we conclude that the histopathological features of vesiculobullous skin lesions form the primary diagnostic modality in the management, where the facility for immunoflourescence techniques is unavailable.