DEVELOPMENT OF PEMPHIGUS IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS DURING A COURSE OF GOLD THERAPY

Authors
PAPACHARALAMBOUS VG PRAMATAROV KD TSANKOV NK
Citation
Vg. Papacharalambous et al., DEVELOPMENT OF PEMPHIGUS IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS DURING A COURSE OF GOLD THERAPY, EJD. European journal of dermatology, 7(1), 1997, pp. 65-66
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
EJD. European journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11671122
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
65 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
1167-1122(1997)7:1<65:DOPIAP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Gold sodium thiomalate has been reported to exacerbate pemphigus. We r eport a 64-year-old patient with rheumatoid polyarthritis who was trea ted with gold sodium thiomalate. During this treatment itching and bli sters developed on the trunk, the limbs and the oral mucosa. The onset of the disease during the course of chrysotherapy, the clinical, hist opathological and immunological findings as well as the benign evoluti on after withdrawal of gold therapy and the improvement of the patient on corticosteroids suggest the diagnosis of pemphigus induced by gold .