Bullous lesions in diabetes mellitus: bullous diabeticorum (diabetic bulla)

Bullous Diabeticorum: A Rare Blistering Manifestation of Diabetes

A 65‐year‐old female presented with a 2‐year history of recurrent, asymptomatic, tense blisters on her feet. There was no history of any repeated trauma, exposure to chemicals, insect bite, or any constitutional symptoms. She previously had similar lesions on her arms, back, and buttocks, however, they healed spontaneously. She had a history of uncontrolled type 2 DM for the past 20 years, for ...

Bullous colon lesions in a patient with bullous pemphigoid.

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a subepidermal blistering disease associated with circulating autoantibodies directed against structural components of hemidesmosomes, adhesion complexes promoting epithelial-stromal adhesion in human skin, and other complex epithelia. Two hemidesmosomal proteins, the BP antigen 180 (BP180) and the BP antigen 230 (BP230), have been shown to be the target antigens.1,2 ...

Bullous lesions in nitrazepam overdosage.

sided abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhoea which rapidly improved without specific treatment. The bariumenema examination showed changes at the typical site which progressed from narrowing with marginal thumb-printing, through sacculation, to complete normality (Boley et al., 1963; Marston et al., 1966; Lea Thomas, 1968; Williams et al., 1969). The only unusual feature was the patient's ...

Lawson: Bullous Lesions in Acute Barbiturate Intoxication

Vesiculo-bullous lesions of the oral cavity.

Vesiculobullous lesions are a type of mucocutaneous disease that is characterized by vesicles and bullae or blisters. Both vesicles and bullae are fluid-filled lesions, and they are distinguished by size, vesicles being less than 5–10 mm and bulla being larger than 5–10 mm, In the case of vesiculobullous diseases which are also immune disorders the term immunobullous is sometimes used. This rev...