Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris
We report a rare case of oral pemphigus vulgaris (PV) in a 12-year-old boy who presented with fissures on the tongue and erosions on the buccal and lingual mucosa of 8-month duration. Tzanck smear from the buccal mucosa revealed acantholytic cells. Biopsy and direct immunofluorescence from the tongu...
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| author | Shruthi Madhavi Govindarajulu Anagha Nair Praveen Kumar Shanmugam Reddy Tharayil Kunneth Sumathy |
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| description | We report a rare case of oral pemphigus vulgaris (PV) in a 12-year-old boy who presented with fissures on the tongue and erosions on the buccal and lingual mucosa of 8-month duration. Tzanck smear from the buccal mucosa revealed acantholytic cells. Biopsy and direct immunofluorescence from the tongue were consistent with PV. After starting immunosuppressive treatment, the patient’s erosions and fissures significantly improved. The distinctive scrotal tongue appearance linked to adolescent oral PV makes this case noteworthy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fdeadcd1e9374587aeb59a8a39b6d25d2025-08-21T11:13:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsClinical Dermatology Review2542-551X2542-55282025-07-019328228510.4103/cdr.cdr_171_24Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus VulgarisShruthi Madhavi GovindarajuluAnagha NairPraveen Kumar Shanmugam ReddyTharayil Kunneth SumathyWe report a rare case of oral pemphigus vulgaris (PV) in a 12-year-old boy who presented with fissures on the tongue and erosions on the buccal and lingual mucosa of 8-month duration. Tzanck smear from the buccal mucosa revealed acantholytic cells. Biopsy and direct immunofluorescence from the tongue were consistent with PV. After starting immunosuppressive treatment, the patient’s erosions and fissures significantly improved. The distinctive scrotal tongue appearance linked to adolescent oral PV makes this case noteworthy.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/cdr.cdr_171_24buccal mucosaoral pemphigus vulgarisscrotal tonguetongue fissures |
| spellingShingle | Shruthi Madhavi Govindarajulu Anagha Nair Praveen Kumar Shanmugam Reddy Tharayil Kunneth Sumathy Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris Clinical Dermatology Review buccal mucosa oral pemphigus vulgaris scrotal tongue tongue fissures |
| title | Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris |
| title_full | Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris |
| title_fullStr | Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris |
| title_short | Scrotal Tongue in Juvenile Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris |
| title_sort | scrotal tongue in juvenile oral pemphigus vulgaris |
| topic | buccal mucosa oral pemphigus vulgaris scrotal tongue tongue fissures |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/cdr.cdr_171_24 |
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