Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering condition affecting 0.1 to 0.5 per 100,000 people worldwide. 1 Before the advent of corticosteroids, PV was invariably fatal and even when treated, mortality rates are as high as 15%. 2 PV is characterised by painful flaccid bullae with mucosal or mucocutaneous distribution and commonly manifests orally. 3,4 Histologically, intraepithelial splitting of
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