Erythema gyratum repens-like eruption in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with ulcerative colitis

Erythema gyratum repens-like eruption in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with ulcerative colitis.

SIR, Epidermolysisbullosaacquisita (EBA) is an acquired auto-immune bullous disease of the skin and mucous membranes characterized by IgG autoantibodies to type VII collagen, the main constituent of the anchoring fibrils of the dermal– epidermal juction. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) may be associated with autoimmunity to type VII collagen. Erythema gyratumrepens (EGR), an obligate paraneop...

Erythema gyratum repens: a paraneoplastic eruption.

Erythema gyratum reopens is a slowly expanding, mildly scaling dermatosis with a "wood-grain" pattern and is seen in patients with an underlying malignancy. To date only 49 cases have appeared in the literature, 41 of which (84%) were associated with a neoplasm, most commonly of the lung. Several patients also had pruritus, palmoplantar keratoderma, ichthyosis, vesiculobullous lesions, and/or e...

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with psoriasis.

Chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.

OBJECTIVE To describe a nonconventional diagnostic technique used to diagnose a case of cicatrizing conjunctivitis associated with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. METHODS Direct immunofluorescence of a biopsy specimen of the patient's conjunctiva was performed using fluorescein-conjugated rabbit antihuman antibodies against IgA, IgG, and IgM; complement C3; and fibrinogen. Immunoblot assay u...

Acute renal failure in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita*

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is a severe autoimmune subepidermal bullous disease. In this report, we described for the first time a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita who developed acute renal failure. There is a possibility that epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and acute renal failure's pathogenesis shared some common autoimmune pathways. Moreover, acute blood volume reduction may ...