Tzanck cell

Tzanck cell
a multinucleated giant cell, formed by the fusion of acantholytic keratinocytes, that occurs in the lesions of chickenpox, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, and pemphigus vulgaris; such cells are seen in the Tzanck test.

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