Korean J Dermatol.  2000 Jun;38(6):793-797.

A Case of Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita (Cicatricial pemphigoid-like type)

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea.

Abstract

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is an uncommon autoimmune subepidermal blistering disorder and has four clinical subtypes. Among the four types of EBA, the cicatricial pemphigoid-like type is rarer than the other types and clinically the worst one. We experienced a case of cicatricial pemphigoid-like type of EBA in a 69-year-old woman, whose initial symptom was painful erosive lesions of oral mucous membrane before development of ocular and bullous cutaneous lesions. The clinical, histopathological findings and immunoblot assay were all typical of the disease. The course of her disease showed remissions by treatments including corticosteroid and intravenous immunoglobulin, but each time with exacerbations.

Keyword

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita; Cicatricial pemphigoid-like type

MeSH Terms

Aged
Blister
Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita*
Epidermolysis Bullosa*
Female
Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Mucous Membrane
Immunoglobulins
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