Title
A case of pemphigus herpetiformis with excellent response to mycophenolate mofetil
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sánchez-Pérez A.P.
Urbina-Calderón F.
Pretell-Vera J.
Principe-Pereda K.
Saldaña-Beltrán C.
Raza-Calderón R.
Revilla-Torres A.
Publisher(s)
Slovene Medical Society
Abstract
Pemphigus herpetiformis (PH) is a rare and unique clinical form of pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris. Patients show autoantibodies against desmoglein 1 and less frequently against desmoglein 3 and desmocollins. We report a 24-year-old woman with a 3-year history of recurrent intensely pruritic erythematous papules and annular plaques localized on the trunk and extremities. In recent months she developed small vesicles around the annular lesions. The histological features showed eosinophilic spongiosis, and direct immunofluorescence demonstrated typical staining of the epidermal intercellular spaces characteristic for pemphigus. There was no mucosal involvement, and hence a diagnosis of PH was established. This patient was unresponsive to dapsone and methotrexate, but she finally experienced remission with prednisone and mycophenolate mofetil.
Start page
87
End page
88
Volume
30
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85109382122
PubMed ID
Source
Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica
ISSN of the container
13184458
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