Sometimes the infected keratinocytes start to fuse together and create giant multinucleated cells called Tzanck cells.
部分被感染的角质形成细胞会相互融合,形成巨大的多核细胞,即赞克氏细胞。
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Tzanck test
In dermatopathology, the Tzanck test, also Tzanck smear, is scraping of an ulcer base to look for Tzanck cells. It is sometimes also called the chickenpox skin test and the herpes skin test.
Tzanck cells (multinucleated giant cells) are found in:
The Tzanck test has been largely replaced by DFA for identification of the herpes virus