Bullous Pemphigoid - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

bullous pemphigoid

Body Site

leg thigh

Age

19 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 19 year old woman with a history of pineal tumor developed pruritic and painful progressive blistering on her trunk and extremities. Skin biopsy revealed a subepidermal blister, and direct immunofluorescence showed IgG and C3 on the roof and floor of the blister in the basement membrane zone. Indirect immunofluorescence was also typical of bullous pemphigoid.

Description

tense vesicles, bullae, and crusts on a red urticarial base

Image Added

3/12/2002 22:16:30

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