Familial Benign Chronic Pemphigus (Hailey and Hailey). Presented by DR. C. N. SULLIVAN.
A man aged 45 is presented from the New Britain General Hospital with an eruption in the intertriginous areas of 26 years' duration.
The patient has had recurrent attacks of vesicles and maceration. These occur most often in the groins, but also on the neck, in the axillae, in the perianal and intergluteal regions, and in the beard. Remissions have been noted during the cold weather, with exacerbations in the summer.
One brother, now 43, has a similar eruption. Four other brothers and sisters and two sons are unaffected. The mother and father had no rash. Information regarding the grand-parents is lacking.
There is maceration, scaling, and fissuring, with lesions showing sharp borders and clearing in the center, in the beard and intertriginous areas.
The patient has had various local, oral, and parenteral treatments.
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