Successful treatment of pemphigus vulgaris by pulsed intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

Abstract

We report the successful treatment of a 36-year-old man with recalcitrant pemphigus vulgaris by pulsed intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide. In addition to clinical resolution, indirect immunofluorescence antibodies have since largely been undetectable.