Pemphigus vegetans is a clinical variant of pemphigus vulgaris, accounting for 1-2% of all very rare pemphigus cases in children. The involvement of the oral mucosa in this disease is usually accompanied by severe pain that aggravates the patient's malnourished condition. Conversely, malnutrition may also reduce vulnerability towards autoimmune diseases. Although pemphigus vegetans has never be...

Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the B cell marker CD20, was initially approved in 1997 by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Since that time, rituximab has been FDA-approved for rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitides, such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis. Additionally, rituximab has been used...

Endemic pemphigus foliaceus, and long-term corticotherapy may affect serum lipid levels. The aim of this study was to compare serum lipids of pemphigus foliaceus patients on glucocorticoid therapy to a healthy control group. Fifteen patients receiving prednisone (0.33 +/- 0.22 mg/kg) for at least 12 months and 15 controls were submitted to 48-h food intake records, anthropometry, and biochemica...

BACKGROUND Among human neoplasms thymomas are associated with highest frequency with paraneoplastic autoimmune diseases. CASE PRESENTATION A case of a 42-year-old woman with paraneoplastic pemphigus as the first manifestation of thymoma is reported. Transsternal complete thymoma resection achieved pemphigus regression. The clinical correlations between pemphigus and thymoma are presented. C...

Anti-desmoglein 3 and 1 autoantibodies are involved in the pathogenesis of pemphigus diseases. Our objective was to assess the value of ELISA in the diagnosis of pemphigus and its correlation with the severity of pemphigus vulgaris. Based on clinical presentation and histopathologic confirmation for the diagnosis of the pemphigus, 38 patients took part in the study. Sera of the patients were te...

Autoimmune bullous diseases are a group of cutaneous disorders characterised by skin blistering or erosions as a result of development of autoimmunity. It can be classified according to the anatomical sites of blister into two types: intraepithelial and subepidermal. It can be subdivided further according to the clinical features, type and location of immunoreactants found on skin biopsy (Table...

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a rare, potentially life threatening, autoimmune blistering skin disease. The International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation (IPPF) has recently developed a disease registry with the aim to enhance our understanding of autoimmune bullous diseases with the long-term goal of acquiring information to improve patient care. Patients were recruited to the IPPF disease re...

background: marjolin's ulcer is a rare, aggressive condition that arises on chronic skin lesions and diseases. in this article, we will report 83 cases of this disease. methods: retrospectively, we retrieved 83 records of patients with cancer arising from chronic skin conditions. data concerning demography, type of original skin insult, time interval between original lesion and cancer, cancer h...

indirect immunofluorescence (iif) has been used to identify and measure autoantibody levels in pemphigus vulgaris but data about relationship between clinical severity of disease and antibody titers by iif have been conflicting. we conducted this cross-sectional study to correlate the severity of oral and/or cutaneous involvement in patients with pemphigus vulgaris based on pemphigus area and a...