Pemphigus Vulgaris Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Patient not Taking Penicillamine

Abstract

D-penicillamine is one of the disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Drug-induced pemphigus is not frequently associated with D-penicillamine, and to date, the number of reported cases is about a hundred. Most reports of Dpenicillamine-induced pemphigus vulgaris are in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It has rarely been reported in patients not taking D-penicillamine. We report a case of pemphigus vulgaris in a 48-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis, not taking penicillamine.

Keywords

• D-penicillamine
• pemphigus vulgaris
• rheumatoid arthritis