Benign familial chronic pemphigus Flashcards
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Another name for this disease
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Hailey-Hailey
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Q
Inheritance
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Autosomal dominant
3
Q
Clinical findings of Hailey Hailey
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Longitudinal white bands on nails
Lesions on UV exposed areas like nape of neck and friction areas like groin and axilla (pruritic vesicles in annular or serpiginous pattern-> advancing rim of scale on UV areas and moist, fissured papules and plaques intertriginously)
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Treatment
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Oral antibiotics + topical steroids/topical antifungals based on location