Article
Unusual variants of pemphigoid: from pruritus to pemphigoid nodularis.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Jun 1992
Ross J S, McKee P H, Smith N P, Shimizu H, Griffiths W A, Bhogal B S, Black M M
Abstract excerpt
We report three patients with pemphigoid nodularis. Patients were females aged 76, 71 and 50 years, and all had features of bullous pemphigoid together with prurigo-like lesions at some stage of their illness. In two cases, nodular lesions preceded the onset of blistering by some months. Blisters arose on normal skin and in one patients also at sites of prurigo lesions. Routine histology of bullous lesions...
Topics
- Aged
- Blister
- Complement C3c
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Immunoblotting
- Immunoglobulin G
- Microscopy, Electron
- Middle Aged
