Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Ding-Dar Lee

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• Case Report
  Childhood Bullous Pemphigoid: A Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Chia-Sui Chou, Chien-Lun Hsu, Ming-Luen Lee, Chun-Jen Chen, Ding-Dar Lee and Keh-Gong WuChia-Sui Chou, Chien-Lun Hsu, Ming-Luen Lee, Chun-Jen Chen, Ding-Dar Lee and Keh-Gong Wu
  
  Bullous pemphigoid is a very rare dermatologic disorder in children. We report a 1-year and 9-month-old boy, who was diagnosed childhood bullous pemphigoid on the basis of clinical findings and confirmed by skin biopsy showing subepidermal blisters with dermal layer infiltrated with neutrophils, a unique histological finding. The result mimicked the histological findings of linear immunoglobulin A bullous disease. Direct immunofluorescence showed linear deposits of IgG and C3 at dermal-epidermal junction, similar to epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and bullous systemic lupus erythematosus. We suggested the differential diagnosis of subepidermal blisters should include linear immunoglobulin A bullous disease of childhood, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and bullous systemic lupus erythematosus... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9554.S6-010

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