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==Pemphigus vulgaris==
==Pemphigus vulgaris==
===Classic presentation===
===General===
Classic presentation:
*Mouth lesions.
*Mouth lesions.
*Non-pruritic.
*Non-pruritic.


===Treatment===
Treatment:
*Prednisone then steroid sparing agent.
*Prednisone then steroid sparing agent.


===Epidemiology===
Epidemiology:
*Assoc. with [[thymoma]], myasthenia gravis, malignancy & D-penicillamine (for [[Wilson's disease]]).
*Associated with [[thymoma]], myasthenia gravis, malignancy & D-penicillamine (used to Tx [[Wilson's disease]]).
*Middle age.
*Middle age.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1193}}</ref>
*Suprabasilar blistering.


DDx: Hailey-Hailey disease.
DDx: Hailey-Hailey disease.
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