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TANCREDO A. FURTADO, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1959;80(1):66-71.

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Since the outstanding work of French and Belgian dermatologists, many papers have appeared in the literature stressing the value of the histopathologic picture in the diagnosis of the diseases of the pemphigus group. A review of the subject shows that a consensus among authorities has not yet been reached. Most studies refer to pemphigus vulgaris and its differentiation from dermatitis herpetiformis of Duhring-Brocq. In Brazil pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus vegetans, pemphigus of the mucous membranes, and familial benign chronic pemphigus are exceptionally rare entities, whereas pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus erythematosus (which we consider a forme fruste of pemphigus foliaceus) are very frequent. In this paper I am presenting detailed histopathological study of pemphigus foliaceus.

Review of Literature

The problem of histopathological differentiation of bullous diseases has been focused on pemphigus, dermatitis herpetiformis, and erythema multiforme. In the classical textbooks of skin pathology^1-4 it is stated that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 4, 1958.

This is an abridgment of a paper presented before the XV Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Dermatological Society, July 7-10, 1958.

Associate Professor in charge of the Histopathology Section, Dermatologic Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Minas Gerais (Chairman: Prof. Olyntho Orsini), from the National Institute of Rural Endemic Diseases (Director: Prof. Amilcar Vianna Martins).

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