IgA pemphigus is a skin disease that causes blisters and pustules. Skin lesions often begin as firm blisters filled with clear fluid and later change into pus-filled lesions as inflammatory cells accumulate. Some patients develop red patches of skin, while others do not, and in some cases the lesions may appear in a herpetiform (clustered) pattern. Pruritus is reported in approximately half of patients with IgA pemphigus.
History
The condition was first described by Ian Sneddon, a British physician, and Darrell Wilkinson, a British dermatologist. == Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation ==
Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation
• The majority of patients exhibited vesicles (80.8%), pustules (75.0%), and circinate plaques (63.6%). == Treatment ==
Treatment
• The most commonly administered treatments were oral dapsone and corticosteroids. == See also ==