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===Treatment=== | ===Treatment=== | ||
*Recurrent polyps: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). | *Recurrent polyps: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). | ||
==Pemphigus vulgaris== | |||
*See ''[[dermatopathology]]''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*[[AKA]] ''pemphigus''. | |||
**Should not be confused with ''bullous pemphigoid'' (which is less serious). | |||
*May lead to blindness. | |||
*Oral lesion is classically: ''first to show & last to go''. | |||
**Oral lesions usually precede the skin lesions. | |||
===Etiology=== | |||
*Autoimmune disease | |||
*Antibodies: desmoglein 1, desmoglein 3 . | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||