PURPOSE To determine clinical features of patients with severe chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (diffuse retinal pigment epitheliopathy, DRPE) associated with bullous retinal detachment in Thailand. METHODS The authors reviewed clinical and imaging characteristics, visual outcomes, and complications of 7 patients with severe DRPE associated with bullous retinal detachment. RESULTS I...

A 43-year-old black man had an 18-year history of apical lung cystic-bullous disease. Following two episodes of spontaneous pneumothorax and two instances of thoracotomy for bullectomy and pleural abrasion, he was found to have an intermediate AAT deficiency with an MZ phenotype. It is believed that this is the first case of localized bullous lung disease to be reported in association with any ...

Dyshidrosiform pemphigoid is an acquired autoimmune variant of bullous pemphigoid with persistent vesicobullous eruptions localized on the palms or soles, or both. It generally occurs in the elderly and is rarely reported in childhood. Hereby, we describe the first case of dyshidrosiform pemphigoid in a 12-year-old child, which was limited to the dorsal hands and treated successfully with dapso...

BACKGROUND Linear IgA bullous dermatosis is an autoimmune blistering disease characterized clinically by the presence of small tense blisters and immunologically by the presence of IgA at the dermal-epidermal junction. Idiopathic, systemic disease-related, and drug-related versions of this disorder have been described, with the latter most commonly associated with vancomycin. OBSERVATIONS We ...

EGR: erythema gyratum repens SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus INTRODUCTION Bullous lupus erythematosus is an autoantibodymediated subepidermal blistering disease that occurs in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Erythema gyratum repens (EGR) is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a wood grain pattern of centrifugally migrating erythematous plaques with fine leading scale. Alth...

Pemphigoid diseases are a group of well defined autoimmune disorders. The most common of these diseases is bullous pemphigoid, which. Abstract Bullous pemphigoid BP is a blistering skin disease. Plex and includes bullous pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis, mucous.Bullous pemphigoid BP is an autoimmune subepidermal bullous dermatosis defined. Http:www.orpha.netdatapathoGBukBullousPemphigoid.pdf....