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Endemic pemphigus foliaceus includes fogo selvagem, the new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia, and the Tunisian endemic pemphigus in North Africa. [ 11 ] Hailey-Hailey disease , also called familial benign pemphigus, is an inherited skin disease, not an autoimmune disease, so it is not considered part of the pemphigus ...
Pemphigus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Aphididae. [1] The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. [1] Species: [1] Pemphigus andropogiae Shinji ...
Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare chronic blistering skin disease and the most common form of pemphigus.Pemphigus was derived from the Greek word pemphix, meaning blister. [1] It is classified as a type II hypersensitivity reaction in which antibodies are formed against desmosomes, components of the skin that function to keep certain layers of skin bound to each other.
Pemphigus foliaceus is diagnosed base on history, biopsy of the affected skin, and testing either a blood sample or a skin sample for the antibodies that cause pemphigus. [ citation needed ] The differential diagnosis includes other forms of pemphigus, bullous impetigo , subcorneal pustular dermatosis, subacute cutaneous LE , and seborrheic ...
Bullous pemphigoid (a type of pemphigoid) is an autoimmune pruritic skin disease that typically occurs in people aged over 60, that may involve the formation of blisters in the space between the epidermal and dermal skin layers.
Pemphigus erythematosus (Senear-Usher Syndrome) is a rare form of pemphigus with features of pemphigus foliaceus and lupus erythematosus. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was first described by Francis Senear and Barney Usher at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1926. [ 3 ]
Pemphigus herpetiformis is a cutaneous condition, a clinical variant of pemphigus that combines the clinical features of dermatitis herpetiformis with the ...
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