...Marcela Duarte Benez-Miller; Alexandre Gripp; Daniel Fernandes Melo; Carla Jorge Machado; Marta Sar-Pomian; Luna Azulay-Abulafia Introduction: Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and pemphigus vulgaris (PV) are bullous diseases characterized by loss of keratinocyte adhesion, easily ruptured blisters...

...Ashley Vander Does; Alexandra Caresse Gamret; Gil Yosipovitch Introduction: Symptoms of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) rarely include nail findings. When ungual involvement does occur, the most common manifestations are paronychia and onychomadesis. Onycholysis is very uncommon, and complete nail loss has...

...) and pemphigus vulgaris. Case Presentation: We present the case of a young woman with scalp manifestations diagnosed as seborrhiasis who came to our office where a more careful history and clinical examination directed us toward another diagnostic suspicion. The histological examination confirmed our suspicion...

...Matilde Iorizzo; Werner Kempf; Lidia Rudnicka Based on these findings a diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris was made. A confirmation biopsy was also taken from the oral mucosa. Anti-desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) and anti-desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) IgG antibodies were both elevated but not the anti-bullous...

...Vijay Zawar; Manoj Pawar; Shrikant Kumavat Nail involvement in pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an unusual clinical finding. The most common clinical manifestations include chronic paronychia and onychomadesis. We report an adult female patient with PV who initially presented with chronic paronychia...