Treatment of Pemphigus with ACTH, Cortisone and Prednisone

Abstract

BETWEEN 1950 and 1954, 25 patients with pemphigus were treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital with either ACTH, cortisone or prednisone. All have been followed to the time of this report, October 1, 1955, or to the time of death. The results obtained and experiences gained are presented.Review of the LiteratureAlthough the beneficial effects of ACTH and the corticosteroids on pemphigus are now generally known, only a few follow-up studies of patients with pemphigus thus treated have been published.1 2 3 4 Reymann and Søbye,1 in 1954, reported on 12 patients followed for three years. Eight of the patients had pemphigus . . .