Complicações do tratamento de um paciente com Pênfigo Vulgar com difícil manejo clínico: relato de caso

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Danyelle da Silva Diniz
Vanessa Santos de Araújo
Aline Cristina da Silva Lima
Renê Stéfano Costa Pontes
Joanne Elizabeth Ferraz da Costa

Resumo

Objetivo: Relatar o caso de um paciente com diagnóstico de Pênfigo Vulgar (PV), de difícil controle clínico, que evoluiu com complicações graves ao tratamento convencional e melhora após uso de Rituximabe (RTX). Detalhamento do caso: Trata-se de um estudo observacional descritivo, do tipo relato de caso, sobre um paciente do sexo masculino, 42 anos, acompanhado no ambulatório de dermatologia do Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley da Universidade Federal da Paraíba entre os anos de 2020 e 2022. O paciente apresentava lesões bolhosas e exulceradas disseminadas em pele e mucosas, tendo o diagnóstico de PV confirmado por estudo histopatológico de fragmento de pele. Foi iniciado terapêutica com corticosteroide (CTC) sistêmico associado com Azatioprina, porém houve refratariedade ao tratamento, além de complicações como infecção bacteriana secundária e múltiplos episódios de hemorragia digestiva alta. Após avaliação laboratorial, o paciente foi submetido à infusão de RTX, com excelente resposta clínica. Considerações finais: O tratamento convencional do PV pode evoluir com complicações graves, as quais prolongam o tempo de internação e aumentam o risco de mortalidade e sequelas permanentes. Logo, o manejo com o paciente grave deve ser o mais eficaz, precoce e seguro possível. No caso apresentado, a associação do RTX ao tratamento resultou na melhora clínica do PV, possibilitando, assim, o controle adequado das complicações.

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DinizD. da S., AraújoV. S. de, LimaA. C. da S., PontesR. S. C., & CostaJ. E. F. da. (2025). Complicações do tratamento de um paciente com Pênfigo Vulgar com difícil manejo clínico: relato de caso. Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde, 25, e19630. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e19630.2025
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