Why has a 6-year-old boy with no previous health problems suddenly developed swollen eyelids and reddened patches of skin along with vesicles and erosions on his face, trunk, and limbs, and also ...

A 29-year-old man living in Singapore developed itching vesiculobullous lesions with serpiginous erythematous tracks on his toes (Figure 1) and soles, one week after a trip to Tioman Island, Malaysia.

An autoimmune blistering disease of the mucous membranes and skin, pemphigus vulgaris (PV) derives its name from the Greek word, pemphix, for blister. 1 PV is characteristically seen in older patients ...