Pemphigus vegetans with isolated involvement of the nose and chest: rare variant of pemphigus vulgaris

• Main Authors: Raisa Ilena Caranhas Feitoza (Author), Mônica Santos (Author), Maria da Conceição Almeida Schettini (Author), Silvana de Albuquerque Damasceno Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract: Pemphigus vulgaris is chronic bullous disease that manifests as bullae and erosions of skin and mucosas, with intraepidermal suprabasal cleft formation seen in the histological examination. It has a rare variant called pemphigus vegetans, where vesicles and bullae are replaced by pustular,...