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REPORT OF A CASE

WILLIAM O. MARTIN, Jr., M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1930;3(6):744-747.

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Pemphigus is described as an acute or chronic disease of the skin and mucous membranes, characterized by the formation of rounded or oval blebs arising from apparently normal surfaces, which may or may not be accompanied by constitutional symptoms. Some cases may be so severe that death ensues.

Dermatologists divide pemphigus into the acute and the chronic forms, as well as pemphigus foliaceus and vegetans, and they apply the terms benign, malignant, gangrenous and hemorrhagic to describe the clinical aspects of the disease.

Acute pemphigus is characterized by the sudden eruption of bullae, appearing in crops, the contents of which are clear at first but soon become opaque or hemorrhagic and occasionally gangrenous. Febrile disturbances with a severe catarrhal conjunctivitis may be present. In mild cases the blebs become absorbed under dry crusts, and recovery takes place without scarring. The site of predilection in the conjunctiva is the lower . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ATLANTA, GA.

From the Department of Ophthalmology of Emory University.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, March 10, 1930.

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