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Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans

Pemhigus vegetans is a rare variant of pemphigus vulgaris which primarily occurs in the flexures of the body. We report a case of pemphigus vegetans in an 85-year-old female presenting with hypertrophic verrucous lesions over external genitalia and perianal region. There was no history of preceding...

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Autores principales: Ajbani, Ankush A., Mehta, Kajal S., Marfatia, Yogesh S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31922111
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_80_19
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description Pemhigus vegetans is a rare variant of pemphigus vulgaris which primarily occurs in the flexures of the body. We report a case of pemphigus vegetans in an 85-year-old female presenting with hypertrophic verrucous lesions over external genitalia and perianal region. There was no history of preceding oral lesions. The diagnosis of pemphigus vegetans was considered on the clinical ground and confirmed by histopathological examination.
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spelling pubmed-68963812020-01-09 Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans Ajbani, Ankush A. Mehta, Kajal S. Marfatia, Yogesh S. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Pemhigus vegetans is a rare variant of pemphigus vulgaris which primarily occurs in the flexures of the body. We report a case of pemphigus vegetans in an 85-year-old female presenting with hypertrophic verrucous lesions over external genitalia and perianal region. There was no history of preceding oral lesions. The diagnosis of pemphigus vegetans was considered on the clinical ground and confirmed by histopathological examination. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6896381/ /pubmed/31922111 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_80_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Ajbani, Ankush A.
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Marfatia, Yogesh S.
Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
title Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
title_full Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
title_fullStr Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
title_full_unstemmed Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
title_short Verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
title_sort verrucous lesions over external genitalia as a presenting feature of pemphigus vegetans
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31922111
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_80_19
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