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Susan M Rabizadeh, MD

Diagnosis

bullous pemphigoid

Body Site

leg

Age

81 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This elderly man developed an intensely pruritic bullous eruption on his arms and legs. A skin biopsy with direct immunofluorescence showed changes typical of bullous pemphigoid.

Description

erythematous urticarial papules and large confluent vesicles and bullae

Categories

vesiculobullous eruptions vesiculobullous eruptions, immunobullous

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8/4/2004 12:39:37

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