Hailey-Hailey Disease, Pemphigus, Benign Familial - DermAtlas

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Yashpal Manchanda, MD

Diagnosis

Hailey-Hailey disease pemphigus, benign familial

Body Site

groin axilla (armpit)

Age

45 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

intertrigenous (creases) symmetric

Comments

A 45 year old man was evaluated for red, macerated, fissured plaques on both axillae and groin for last 20 years. The plaques worsened in the summer. His brother had similar lesions which on skin biopsy demonstrated the typical findings of benign familial pemphigus.

Description

symmetric macerated intertriginous beefy red macerated fissured plaques

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12/13/2009 15:12:15

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