The prototypic bullous skin diseases, pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, and bullous pemphigoid, are characterized by the blister formation in the skin and/or oral mucosa in combination with circulating and deposited autoantibodies reactive with (hemi)desmosomes. Koch's postulates, adapted for autoimmune diseases, were applied on these skin diseases. It appears that all adapted Koch's pos...

Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune disease having a chronic generalized course or may rarely present as an exfoliative dermatitis. Presence of occult HSV infection is involved in development of pemphigus and immunosuppressive therapy for pemphigus results in flare of typical or atypical herpetic lesions. We herein report of a case of a 48 year old male on immunosuppressive therapy for pemphig...

Pemphigus erythematosus (PE) is an autoimmune blistering disease combining features of pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report a case of PE associated with anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA), anti-Smith (anti-Sm), anti-Ro (anti-SSA), and antiribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) antibodies. This case required extensive immunosuppressive therapy. We treated our patie...

Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune blistering disease presenting in endemic and sporadic forms. The typical presentation is recurrent shallow erosions in a seborrheic distribution. PF has also been found in association with autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune thyroid disease (e.g. toxic nodular goiter and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis). In some patients, PF appears to be triggered by radioi...

Background: Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) includes lesions on the skin, generally without involving mucosa. Wounds in PF arise outer layer of superficial but if left untreated, wound will not heal and multiply. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) containing a variety different growth factors can be used care. This study was at time to describe autologous PRP therapy treatment excoriated erosional wounds pati...

Journal Compilation © 2012 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Pemphigus is an autoimmune mucocutaneous bullous disease characterized by auto-antibodies against cell surface antigens of epidermal keratinocytes. Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF) are the major subtypes. Several other variants have been proposed, including pemphigus erythematosus, pemphigus vegetans, pemp...

Autoimmune diseases affect more than 50 million Americans, resulting in significant healthcare costs. Most autoimmune diseases occur sporadically; however, endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) is an autoimmune skin disease localized to specific geographic loci. EPF, and the related diseases pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF), are characterized by skin lesions and autoantibodies t...

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A Kaposi varicelliform eruption (KVE) refers to a widespread cutaneous infection with a virus that often causes local vesicular eruptions over a pre-existing skin disease. Pemphigus foliaceus complicated by KVE is rare. We report the case of a 68-year-old Chi-nese woman with pemphigus foliaceus complicated by KVE. A 68-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a 14-month history of eryth...