Pemphigus vulgaris-most common type of pemphigus; lesions may extend deep into the layers of the skin
Pemphigus foliaceus-produces more superficial lesions
Paraneoplastic pemphigus-most serious type; usually occurs in someone who has cancer ...
Pemphigus Foliaceus
Blisters are itchy or produce a burning sensation
Sores are usually not found in the mouth or on other mucus membranes
Blisters usually first show up on the face, scalp, chest, or upper back ...
Pemphigus foliaceus. Blisters and sores are not as painful as in pemphigus vulgaris (PV). They do not occur in the mouth, but usually appear on the face and scalp, and later on the chest and back.
Paraneoplastic pemphigus.
Pemphigus foliaceus is the most treatable and least severe type. In this variant, a protein at the top of the skin is attacked by the body's immune system.
Pemphigus Foliaceus ... skin infection
Penis tourniquet syndrome ... gangrene
Peripheral vascular disease ... gangrene
Pierre Robin's sequence ... cyanosis
POEMS ... skin changes
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 ... gangrene
Protoporphyria ...
In pemphigus foliaceus, the treatment is the same but usually is less aggressive. Individuals with paraneoplastic pemphigus are treated with combination therapy of steroids and an antibiotic (cyclosporine) to alleviate symptoms.
Pemphigus foliaceus. This type doesn't usually affect mucous membranes. The blisters, which usually begin on your face and scalp and later erupt on your chest and back, usually aren't painful. They tend to be crusty and itchy.
It must be differentiated from other chronic oral ulcers and from other bullous dermatoses (eg, pemphigus foliaceus, bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid—see Conjunctival and Scleral Disorders: Cicatricial Pemphigoid, drug eruptions, ...
sun-exposed skin, especially the face; the lesions are scaling erythematous macules and blebs, combining the clinical features of both lupus erythematosus and pemphigus vulgaris; bullae are subcorneal; probably a variant of pemphigus foliaceus.
Pemphigus Foliaceus see Pemphigus Vulgaris
Pemphigus Vulgaris
Pendred syndrome
Perceptuo-motor Dysfunction see Dyspraxia
Peripheral Neuropathy
Perisylvian Polymicrogyria see Congenital and Acquired Brain Damage and Dysfunction in Childhood ...
Pemphigus Foliaceus (10 images)
Pemphigus Herpetiformis (0 images)
Pemphigus Mucosae (44 images)
Pemphigus Seborrhoicus (8 images)
Pemphigus Syphiliticus (0 images)
Pemphigus Vegetans (2 images)
Pemphigus Vulgaris (43 images) ...
 See also: Pemphigus vulgaris, Infections, Cancer, Erythema, Arthritis
  
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