Volume 32, Issue 4 e12833
Special Issue Article

A case of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta pemphigoides successfully treated with methotrexate and corticosteroids

Lei Jiao

Lei Jiao

Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Ying Liu

Ying Liu

Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Xin Xiang

Xin Xiang

Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Jiaosheng Xu

Jiaosheng Xu

Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Lin Ma

Lin Ma

Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Zi Gang Xu

Corresponding Author

Zi Gang Xu

Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Zi Gang Xu, Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

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First published: 19 January 2019
Citations: 5

Funding information: The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 81641118; The Capital's Special Clinical Application Research Project of China, Grant/Award Number: Z161100000516070

Abstract

Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) pemphigoides is an uncommon skin disease, which is characterized by the appearance of blistering skin lesions in patients with PLEVA. We present a 3-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with PLEVA pemphigoides. Combined treatment of oral methotrexate and corticosteroids was more effective than corticosteroids alone on this patient.

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