A Healthy African Child with Blisters
Figure 16.1 Tense blisters scattered over lower limb What is the diagnosis? 1. Bullous Impetigo 2. Bullous insect bites 3. Chronic Bullous disease of Childhood (CBDC) 4….
A 43 Year Old with Vegetative Plaques and Erosions on the Trunk
Figure 14.1 Clinical findings at the time of presentation with large vegetative plaques with deep erosions over the abdomen (a) that were significantly improved 2 weeks after treatment with a…
Beware of Infection: 48-Year Old Woman with Refractory Mucocutaneous Blisters
Figure 10.1 In a patient with pemphigus vulgaris, widespread cutaneous erosions with polymicrobial colonization References 1. Venugopal SS, Murrell DF. Diagnosis and clinical features of pemphigus vulgaris. Dermatol Clin. 2011;29(3):373–80.PubMedCrossRef…
A 60-Year-Old Woman with Pemphigus Vulgaris Refractory to High-Dose Prednisone
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Dédée F. Murrell (ed.)Clinical Cases in Autoimmune Blistering DiseasesClinical Cases in Dermatology510.1007/978-3-319-10148-4_9 9. A 60-Year-Old Woman with Pemphigus Vulgaris Refractory to High-Dose Prednisone Elizabeth S. Robinson1, 2 and Victoria P. Werth1, 2 (1)…
Confusion and Corticosteroids: 80-Year Old Woman with Pruritic Urticarial Plaques and Tense Blisters
Figure 2.1 Tense inflammatory blister in a patient with bullous pemphigoid Her clinical presentation, coupled with microscopic and immunologic data, supported a diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid (BP). Suffering from degenerative…
Bullous Pemphigoid and Tetracycline
Figure 3.1 Tense bullae on erythematous and normal appearing skin as well as urticarial, eroded and crusted plaques on the inner aspects of bilateral upper arms (a) and extensor surfaces…
An Elderly Patient with a Generalized Pruritic Eruption
Figure 1.1 (a) Excoriations, postinflammatory hypopigmentations and atrophic scarring on trunk and arms; (b) Close-up view of excoriated lesions and scarring with isolated milia on arm; (c) Erosions, crusting and…
A Crusted Plaque on the Right Cheek in a 45 Year Old Woman
Figure 6.1 Crusted plaque on the right cheek of the patient Based on the case description and photograph, what is your diagnosis? 1. Localized pemphigus vulgaris 2. Localized cicatricial…
