Symptoms and signs in patients with pemphigus vulgaris.
Number (%) among total patients
% among patients with anal involvement
Symptoms
Spontaneous pain
10 (6)
23.8
Bleeding
16 (9.5)
38
Pain on defecation
21 (12.5)
50
Constipation
31 (18.5)
73.8
Total
42 (25)
Signs related to PV
Erosion
43 (25.6)
91.5
Leukoedema
16 (9)
34
Perianal involvement
8 (4.8)
17
Pseudofissure
7 (4.2)
15
Ulcer
6 (3.5)
12.8
Vegetant
2 (1.2)
4.3
Bullae
1 (0.6)
2.1
Total
47 (27.9)
Signs unrelated to PV
Hemorrhoid
17 (10)
16 (34%)*
Prolapse
1 (0.6)
0**
One of the patients shows hemorrhoid in absence of other anal pathology in physical examination. One patient showed prolapse in examination without any other anal pathology.
