Catalog

Pemphigus erythematosus

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Link to WHO Definition

Pemphigus erythematosus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/399813106

Pemphigus erythematosus is a rare variant of pemphigus foliaceus, and is a chronic autoimmune skin disease with clinical and immunological features of lupus erythematosus as well as pemphigus. It is characterised by superficial blister formation giving scaly lesions in a butterfly distribution over the nose and cheeks as well as the trunk and is mediated by auto-antibodies to the desmosome component desmoglein 1.