Childhood Bullous Pemphigoid: A Treatment Challenge

Bullous Pemphigoid AssociatedWith Linagliptin Treatment

and dysgeusia than the continuous regimen. Similarly, the muscle cramps and dysgeusia in the present patients resolved within 1 month after interrupting the vismodegib regimen. Although pharmacokinetic studies have shown suboptimal efficacy and similar incidence and severity of adverse effects when vismodegib, 150 mg, was used once weekly or 3 times weekly, no studies to our knowledge have inve...

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.

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...