2021年7月21日 · Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune disease that is characterised by painful blisters and erosions on the skin and mucous membranes, most commonly inside the mouth. It accounts for 70% of all pemphigus cases worldwide. Images below show …

Pemphigus erythematosus (or Senear-Usher syndrome) is a variant of pemphigus foliaceus which shares clinical, histopathological, and serological features with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); they rarely coexist. It accounts for 10% cases of all pemphigus disease.

Using Nikolsky’s original definition strictly, his eponymous sign is the physical splitting of the epidermis creating an erosion (partial loss of the epidermis) following the application of a shearing force to the surface of the skin seen in pemphigus foliaceus. However, with time the use of the sign has broadened to include other intraepidermal disorders including pemphigus vulgaris …

Pemphigus may occur days, weeks, or as long as 6 months after the drug has been commenced. Who gets drug-induced pemphigus? Over 200 cases of drug-induced pemphigus have been reported in the medical literature. The reports suggest that patients with drug-induced pemphigus may have similar characteristics to non-drug-induced pemphigus.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is a rare, autoimmune, mucocutaneous, blistering disease that is almost always associated with a confirmed or occult neoplasm. The cause of PNP is not completely understood.

2021年11月15日 · In SPD-type IgA pemphigus, the autoantigen is described as desmocollin 1, one of the desmosomal cadherins, the glycoproteins that maintain the shape of a cell. In at least some cases of IEN-type IgA pemphigus, the autoantigens are desmoglein 1, desmoglein 3, and an unspecified transmembrane protein. What is the differential diagnosis for IgA ...

Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic vesiculobullous skin disorder characterised by autoantibodies against desmoglein 3, which is a component of the desmosome (an intracellular adhesion molecule). Disruption of keratinocyte adhesion leads to superficial blistering and erosion affecting the skin and/or mucous membranes. Histology of pemphigus vulgaris

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Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune disease that is characterised by painful blisters and erosions on the skin and mucous membranes, most commonly inside the mouth. View pictures of pemphigus vulgaris in the gallery below.

There are two main types of pemphigus than cause mucosal lesions: Pemphigus vulgaris; Paraneoplastic pemphigus; Pemphigus vulgaris is the more common of the two, with an incidence of about 0.1 to 0.5 per 100,000 of the adult population. Pemphigus vulgaris is more common in patients of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and those of Mediterranean origin.