PEMPHIGUS

(Lat.), n. m. Peara-fig(feg)'u3s(us). From TT^X- if. Fr., p., fievre bulleuse. maladie bulleuse (ou vesicula ire), p. clironiqne di's semine, pemphix chronique. Ger., P., Blasenau chlag. 1. A disease chiefly characterized by a continuous or intermittent eruption of serous, purulent, or sanious bullae on the skin and adjacent mucous membranes, attended with itching and usually with fever. It is a ociated with more or le impairment of the general health. [G.] 2. Of Wilson and Bateman, see P. acutus. Arthritic p. Lat., p. chronic us. Fr., arthritide irreguliere bulleuse. P. due to gout. According to Bazin, arthritic p. differs from herpetic p. in that the bullse are more apt to develop upon an erythematous and often eczematous base. The walls of the bullae were said to be thicker and the contents oftener purulent, followed by the formation of crusts like those of impetigo, and were frequently a ociated with patches of eczema, furuncles, absce es, or inflammation of the lymphatics. [G.] Circinate p. Lat., p. circinatus. P. characterized by circular efflorescences. [G.] Epidemic p. See P. acutus contagiosus. Guttural p. See ANGINA pemphigosa. Herpetic p. See HEBPETIDES irregulieres et malignes and cf. Arthritic p. Idiopathic p. Lat., p. e ential is, p. idiopathic us. See P. (1st def.). P. acutus. Fr., fievre bulleuse (ou vesicula ire). Ger., Blasenfieber. Acute p.; p. of an acute course, ending either in spontaneous recovery or in death. The older writers and a few recent ones describe it as affecting adults, but most modern authors admit its occurrence in children only. [G.] See P. neon a to rum. P. acutus contagiosus. An acute contagious variety of p. neon a to rum commonly occurring epidemically. [G.] P. a petites bulles (Fr.). See HYDBOA bulleux. P. apyretic us. 1. P. unattended with fever and usually of a mild type. 2. Of Plenck, a form of p. observed in persons of depraved health. [G, 11.] P. a tactu Colubri bicephali. Of Plenck, a variety of p. observed in Brazil, caused by contact with the Coluber bicephalus, whether alive or dead. The bullae are said to persist for three months. [G, 11.] P. benign us. P. of a mild type, as opposed to p. malign us. [G.] P. bras i liens is. See P. a tactu Colubri bicephali. P. bulleux succe if (Fr.). See P. diutinus. P. cachecticorum, P. cachectic us. P. occurring in cachectic, ill-nourished persons; usually a severe form. [G.] P. cachectic us infantum. A form of p. in infants with an unhealthy condition of the surface exposed after rupture of the bullae and a disposition to ulceration and to a croupous or diphtheritic exudation. [G.] P. cachectique de Schuller (Fr.). See P. diutinus. P. chronic us. Fr., p. chronique. See Arthritic p. P. circinatus. See Circinate p. P. compose (Fr.). See HEBPES pemphigo'ide.P. confertus. Fr., p. en groupes. P. in which the bullae form in clusters. [G, 15.] P. conjunctives. P. in which the bullae form on the conjunctiva and lead to shrinking and finally to a condition resembling xerosis. [F.] P. critic us. A pemphigoid eruption said to occur in certain acute febrile diseases at the period of the crisis. [G, 33.] P. crouposus, P. diphtheritic us. See P. cachectic us infantum. P. dis semi nat us. P. with efflorescences irregularly distributed over the surface. [G.] P. diutinus. Fr., p. permanent et contenu, p. (bulleux) succe if. A variety of p. vulgar is malign us in which the production of bullse is uninterrupted and long continued. [G.] P. diutinus heemorrhagicus. A form of recurrent, papulo-bullous, haemorrhagic urticaria described by Devergie. considered by Brocq a form of dermatitis her pet i form is. ["Montsh. f. prakt. Dermat.," viii, 5, p. 225 (G).] P. en groupes (Fr.). See P. confertus. P. epidemicns. See P. acutus contagiosus. P. e ential is. See P. (1st def.). P. febrilis. 1. P. attended with fever. 2. See P. acutus. P. foliaceus. A grave and often fatal form of p. in which crops of imperfectly formed blebs with flaccid walls are formed in rapid succe ion over extensive portions of the cutaneous surface They soon burst and dry into thin flaky scales or crusts, which are exfoliated in abundance. Between the succeeding crops the epidermis is never fully regenerated, and distinct bullae soon cease to appear, leaving the surface of the skin covered with scabs and red exuding erosions. [G, 20; " Am. Jour, of the Med. Sci.," Dec 1891 p. 620.] P. framboesiformis, P. frambo3sioides. A form of p. in which fungiform growths form on the excoriations left by the rupture of the bullae. [G, 3.] P. gangraenosus. Syn.: rupia escharotic a. The p. in fan til is of Will an, vulgarly called " burn tholes "; a form of p. that sometimes occurs as an epidemic among children in lying-in institutions or endemically among the badly nourished children of the poor. The blebs have dark areo]e and ichorous sanguinolent contents. After rupturing, they are succeeded by deep unhealthy or gangrenous ulcers. [Stokes (G, 67).] P. gyrat us. P. with efflorescences occurring in gyrate lines. [G.] P. haemorrhagic us. P. in which the bullse have sanious contents. A, ape; A=, at; A3, ah: A, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish): [s. 232]