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Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita with pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report
Author(s) -
ROGERS SARAH,
LARKIN CATHERINE,
MCDONAI, Df G.S.A.,
MULLANEY JOAN,
COLLINS ERNEST P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1983.tb01785.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general hospital , epidermolysis bullosa acquisita , dermatology , art history , library science , family medicine , history , bullous pemphigoid , computer science , antibody , immunology
Summary Our case is that of a 67‐year‐old man who presented with a blistering, scarring eruption at sites of trauma. Histologically the blistering was subepidermal. IgG and C 3 were present at the basement membrane zone. Electronmicroscopy demonstrated bulla formation to be beneath the basal lamina and that it contained amorphous electron‐dense material. These clinical and investigational findings are consistent with a diagnosis of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA). The patient also had pulmonary tuberculosis which again highlights the association between EBA and diseases in which the immune system is compromised.