Erythrodermic psoriasis with bullous pemphigoid: combination treatment with methotrexate and compound glycyrrhizin

Remission of bullous pemphigoid after rituximab treatment in a psoriasis patient on regular low-dose methotrexate.

Methotrexate Induced Bullous Pemphigoid: a Case Report

Background: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune cutaneous blistering disorder. The precise precipitating etiology is not clear. There has been documented Drug-induced BP in case reports. Case report: We describe a case of a 44year old female with a past medical history of Psoriasis, who developed bullous pemphigoid. She had previously been on maintenance dose of 10mg intravenous methotrexa...

A retrospective analysis of patients with bullous pemphigoid treated with methotrexate.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate treatment with methotrexate in patients with bullous pemphigoid and to elucidate the reduced adverse effects compared with standard treatment with prednisone. DESIGN Retrospective study (January 1, 1999-December 31, 2003). SETTING The Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Karolinska University Hospital. PATIENTS A total of 138 consecutive patients with bullous p...

Methotrexate-induced CD30+ T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the oral cavity

EBER: Epstein-Barr encoded RNA EBV: Epstein-Barr virus LPD: lymphoproliferative disorder MTX: methotrexate RA: rheumatoid arthritis INTRODUCTION For more than 30 years, methotrexate (MTX) has been a mainstay in the treatment of various inflammatory disorders including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriasis. Off-label use of MTX has expanded in recent years, as it is found to be effective in tr...

PUVA induced bullous pemphigoid in a patient with psoriasis.

A bullous eruption in a patient with psoriasis was first described by Bloom in 1929 (as cited by Weber) (1). Since then there have been several reports of bullous pemphigoid occurring during the treatment of psoriasis, especially after ultraviolet (UV) B exposure. Comorbidity of these two diseases without treatment has also been reported (2,3). Psoriasis is one of the most common chronic inflam...