purpose: to present a case of autosomal dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa with symble-pharon formation due to eye rubbing. case report: a 10-year-old girl suffering from blistering and ulcerative lesions of the trunk and palms and dystrophic nails since childhood was referred to our clinic with a symblepharon connecting the medial portion of the right upper lid to the upper nasal quadra...

Fungus is one of the causes of chronic rhinosinusitis. If the fungus occupies the sinus but does not invade the sinonasal mucosa, this is called sinus fungus ball. Any association between anatomical variations and fungus ball remains unclear. Sinus fungus ball is defined as non-invasive chronic fungal rhinosinusitis occurring in immunocompetent patients, and the maxillary sinus is the most comm...

BACKGROUND Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is an acquired inflammatory and/or dermolytic subepidermal blistering disease characterized by IgG autoantibodies to type VII collagen. Four patients with documented epidermolysis bullosa acquisita were evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of care providers (4 dermatologists, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, a voice and speech specialist, and an oto...

UNLABELLED Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of skin diseases with different clinical manifestations and varied inheritance patterns. Blisters may appear spontaneously or following minimal trauma to the skin or mucosa. AIM this paper aims to describe the otorhinolaryngological manifestations and esophageal complications related to EB, and the experience in treating patients with esophagea...

Mycosis fungoides is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Both large-cell transformed mycosis fungoides and mycosis fungoides bullosa are rare presentations and predict unfavorable prognosis. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman who presented with generalized erythematous scaly annular plaques, and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides. She was treated w...

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin characterized by IgG autoantibodies against type VII collagen. Systemic diseases are often associated with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, Crohn's disease being the most frequent. This study sought to determine if type VII collagen, the epidermolysis bullosa acquisita autoantigen, was present in normal human colon ...

The objective of this study was to identify and specify the problems of children with epidermolysis bullosa. The questions explored were: (i) What do children with epidermolysis bullosa experience as the most difficult problems; (ii) What is the impact of these problems on their daily life; and (iii) Do these experiences differ between mildly and severely affected children? Qualitative research...

We present the case of a 71-year-old female patient who was admitted to our clinic for presence erythematous-petechial and vesiculo-bullous lesions, which occur spontaneously or after minor trauma, disseminated throughout body, with an evolution over 3 years. Histopathological examinations were not specific epidermolysis bullosa, although clinical examination highly suggestive. After therapeuti...

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is characterized by extreme fragility of the skin and mucosae. Anesthetic and surgical techniques have to be adapted to those children and routine practice may not be adequate. Urological problems are relatively common, but surgical techniques adapted to those children have not been well debated and only low evidence is available to this moment. Herein we discuss the ...