Objective:

To deepen in the elements that allows the early diagnosis of Hailey-Hailey diseases.

Case presentation:

In Las Tunas, oriental county of Cuba, is assisted in multidisciplinary specialized consultation of genodermatoses, a 50-year-old woman who presented lesions erytmematous, vesiculous and erosive, located in areas of pleats that had appeared from the adolescence, being treated in several occasions like a superficial mycosis or dermatitis. She is carried out study histopathologyc that verified the diagnosis of Hailey-Hailey diseases. The other members of the family were studied affected with similar injure dermatological and the family diagnosis is corroborated. The patient was treated with steroids in dose antinflammatory, vitamintherapy and topical therapeutic consistentin use of antiseptic natural foments and cream antinflammatory of aloe, with good answer to the therapy.

Conclusions:

The case is presented because the Hailey-Hailey diseases areuncommon; the manifestations begin in the adolescence, being able to make a mistake with other dermatomes.In the investigation the diagnosis of the other members of the family was determined affected starting from the case propositus.