A Successful Treatment of Pemphigus Foliaceus Patient with Systemic Corticosteroid

Widyaningsih Oentari, Irma D. Roesyanto Mahadi

2019

Abstract

Pemphigus is a group of IgG-related autoimmune disease of skin and mucous membrane. It causeacantholysis with blisters and erosion as the clinical manifestation. There are three main groups of pemphigus, which is vulgaris, foliaceus, and paraneoplastic. Female 68 years old, came with chief complain of blisters that were spreading on her face, body, and both extremities since 1 year ago. From dermatological examination, we found multiple bullae and erosions sized lenticular to plaque with erythematous base and multiple hyperpigmented maculae with crusts on the face, body and both extremities. Biopsy was taken from newly formed vesicle and histopathological examination supported characteristics of pemphigus foliaceus. The patient was treated with NaCl 0,9% compress for 15 minutes every 4-6 hours, fusidic acid cream twice a day, 32 mg methylprednisolone every morning, and clarithromycin 500 mg once a day. After control, the patients showed improvement in her skin lesions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Oentari W. and Mahadi I. (2019). A Successful Treatment of Pemphigus Foliaceus Patient with Systemic Corticosteroid.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI, ISBN 978-989-758-469-5, pages 425-429. DOI: 10.5220/0009990804250429

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ictromi19,
author={Widyaningsih Oentari and Irma D. Roesyanto Mahadi},
title={A Successful Treatment of Pemphigus Foliaceus Patient with Systemic Corticosteroid},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI,},
year={2019},
pages={425-429},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009990804250429},
isbn={978-989-758-469-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI,
TI - A Successful Treatment of Pemphigus Foliaceus Patient with Systemic Corticosteroid
SN - 978-989-758-469-5
AU - Oentari W.
AU - Mahadi I.
PY - 2019
SP - 425
EP - 429
DO - 10.5220/0009990804250429