DSG3 and acquired polycythemia vera: Remarkably, we find that roughly half of active PV and PF patients surveyed present with a combination of lesion morphology and anti-Dsg3/1 levels that contradict the DCH, including: patients with a cutaneous only PV presentation, mucocutaneous disease in the absence of either Dsg3, Dsg1, or both, and mucosal disease in the absence of Dsg3 or presence of Dsg1.