Oral cavity & oropharynx
Inflammatory / immune mediated (noninfectious)
Pemphigus vulgaris
Author: Charu Thakral, M.D.
Last author update: 1 January 2013
Last staff update: 12 October 2020
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PubMed Search: Pemphigus vulgaris[TI] oral cavity[mh]
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Definition / general | Case reports | Treatment | Clinical images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Thakral C. Pemphigus vulgaris. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/oralcavitypemphigus.html. Accessed April 18th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Autoimmune disease with antigen antibody complexes at desmosomes; produces vesicles and bullae prone to rupture, leaving erosions covered with exudate
Case reports
- 36 year old woman with gingival pemphigus vulgaris preceding cutaneous lesion (J Indian Soc Periodontol 2012;16:588)
- 52 year old woman with lesion presenting as gingival involvement (Indian Dermatol Online J 2012;3:202)
Treatment
- Steroids
Clinical images
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36 year old woman:
Intra oral lesion
After 15 days
52 year old woman:
Erosive lesions
Erythematous gingivae
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Intraepithelial blister with acantholysis and chronic inflammation
Microscopic (histologic) images
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36 year old woman
52 year old woman
