title: Familial benign chronic pemphigus.
abstract: In connection with three of eight recent cases of familial benign chronic pemphigus (FBCP) a brief review of its clinical, immunofluorescent, microscopic, and ultramicroscopic characteristics was made, with special emphasis on the differential diagnosis. The two main clinical aspects of the disease are emphasized: the moist, macerated, and intertriginous (candidiasis-like) variety, and the polycyclic plaque, with active and lichenoid edges (tinea corporis-like). Treatment was only partially successful, but slightly more effective with the lichenoid form of disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology