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A Crusted Plaque on the Right Cheek in a 45 Year Old Woman

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Clinical Cases in Autoimmune Blistering Diseases

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A 45-year-old woman presented with a 6 × 4 cm crusted plaque surrounded by erythema on her right cheek with the involvement of lower eyelid since 1 month ago (Fig. 6.1). She had a history of generalized blisters and erosions especially on the face, scalp and upper trunk and painful erosions on the lip and oral mucosa from a few years ago that was treated with systemic corticosteroids.

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  1. Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Maryam Ghiasi M.D. & Cheyda Chams-Davatchi M.D.

  2. Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research Center, Razi Hospital, Vahdat Eslami Square, Tehran, Iran

    Maryam Ghiasi M.D.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, St George Hospital University of New South Wales, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

    Dédée F. Murrell

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Ghiasi, M., Chams-Davatchi, C. (2015). A Crusted Plaque on the Right Cheek in a 45 Year Old Woman. In: Murrell, D. (eds) Clinical Cases in Autoimmune Blistering Diseases. Clinical Cases in Dermatology, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10148-4_6

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