title: Pemphigus vulgaris presenting as an isolated crusted plaque of the cheek.
abstract: A healthy 45-year-old man presented with a three-month history of an isolated enlarging eroded plaque on the left cheek. Pemphigus vulgaris was diagnosed by biopsy and positive direct immunofluorescence. The patient was lost to follow up, but returned two months later with generalized cutaneous involvement without mucosal involvement. He responded rapidly to oral corticosteroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunisia. elhem_khelifa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Elhem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khelifa
authors.forename: Rym
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benmously
authors.forename: Talel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Badri
authors.forename: Achraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Debbiche
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Ayed
authors.forename: Inçaf
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mokhtar
authors.forename: Samy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fenniche
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*