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Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune disorder stemming from an underlying tumor. It is hypothesized that antigens associated with the tumor trigger an immune response resulting in blistering of the skin and mucous membranes .
Symptoms of endophthalmitis include severe eye pain, vision loss, and intense redness of the conjunctiva. [1] Bacterial endophthalmitis more commonly presents with severe and sudden symptoms whereas fungal causes have a more insidious onset and severity, with 80% of ocular candidiasis (both chorioretinitis and endophthalmitis) being asymptomatic. [3]
Hailey–Hailey disease (HHD), or familial benign chronic pemphigus [1]: 559 or familial benign pemphigus, [2]: 622 was originally described by the Hailey brothers (Hugh Edward and William Howard) in 1939. [3] [4] It is a genetic disorder that causes blisters to form on the skin.
A meta-analysis of the literature found insufficient evidence to determine the optimal treatment regimen for pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, but it found that adding cyclophosphamid and azathioprine to a glucocorticoid regimen reduced the amount of glucocorticoid needed for treatment, and topical epidermal growth factor ...
Other risk factors include radiation, smoking, HPV, arsenic, and exposure to polycyclic hydrocarbons. [1] Conjunctival SCC is often asymptomatic at first, but it can present with the presence of a growth, red eye, pain, itching, burning, tearing, sensitivity to light, double vision, and decreased vision. [1]
Gestational pemphigoid (GP) is a rare autoimmune variant of the skin disease bullous pemphigoid, and first appears in pregnancy. [2] It presents with tense blisters, small bumps, hives and intense itching, usually starting around the navel before spreading to limbs in mid-pregnancy or shortly after delivery. [1]
Pemphigus erythematosus patients typically present with superficially eroded lesions, or vesiculobullae, that may ooze and crust. This is especially common in areas of the body that are exposed to the sun, like the back, upper chest, and face. [3] The symptoms of pemphigus erythematosus usually appear slowly and progress slowly.
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.