096 Demographic and serologic features differentiate bullous pemphigoid with and without preceding neurologic disease

Bullous Pemphigoid Associated with Psoriasis, Breast Cancer and Parkinson’s Disease

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) and psoriasis vulgaris represent two clinically well characterized, inflammatory, chronic skin diseases. A 62 years old female patient, from rural areas, was admitted for the presence of erythematous plaques covered by large tense blisters with clear fluid, located symmetrically on the anterior part of the upper limbs, the trunk, the neck and the lower limbs. Also the le...

Bullous pemphigoid

Bullous pemphigoid

Disease summary: Bullous Pemphigoid is an acquired, chronic, blistering autoimmune subepidermal bullous disease in which autoantibodies are directed against component of basement membrane zone of the skin [1]. It is characterized by formation of cutaneous bullae on the skin and mucous membrane. The pathogenesis involves migration of inflammatory cells into subepithilial tissues due to activatio...

Bullous pemphigoid.

B ullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune disease, which means that the cells in the body that normally fight infection attack the body instead. The body’s immune system is confused and makes an antibody (type of protein used to fight infection) that targets a part of the skin that normally holds it together. The attack on the skin causes blisters (firm, fluid-filled bubbles on the skin) to form. Th...

Localized genital bullous pemphigoid; A case report

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune bullous disorder with urticarial pruritic papules and plaques and tense bullae in flexural surfaces of body. The localized form of the disease is a rare variant which can be triggered by different stimuli. Hereunder, we report a patient with the local type involving genitalia without any triggering factors.