Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune disease that normally presents in older adults, with large bullae distributed over the whole body. Acrally limited BP is a rare pattern of disease that is almost always seen in childhood or infancy. We present an unusual case of a 97-year-old woman with this...

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Autores principales: Nellore, Aditya, Burkemper, Nicole, Abate, Mallory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10256248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37303419
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38853
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author Nellore, Aditya
Burkemper, Nicole
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description Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune disease that normally presents in older adults, with large bullae distributed over the whole body. Acrally limited BP is a rare pattern of disease that is almost always seen in childhood or infancy. We present an unusual case of a 97-year-old woman with this disease variant and discuss her risk factors which may have contributed to her presentation. Providers should be aware of cases like this so that they can more accurately diagnose and treat their patients.
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spelling pubmed-102562482023-06-10 Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient Nellore, Aditya Burkemper, Nicole Abate, Mallory Cureus Dermatology Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune disease that normally presents in older adults, with large bullae distributed over the whole body. Acrally limited BP is a rare pattern of disease that is almost always seen in childhood or infancy. We present an unusual case of a 97-year-old woman with this disease variant and discuss her risk factors which may have contributed to her presentation. Providers should be aware of cases like this so that they can more accurately diagnose and treat their patients. Cureus 2023-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10256248/ /pubmed/37303419 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38853 Text en Copyright © 2023, Nellore et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Nellore, Aditya
Burkemper, Nicole
Abate, Mallory
Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient
title Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient
title_full Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient
title_fullStr Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient
title_full_unstemmed Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient
title_short Bullous Pemphigoid Limited to the Hands and Feet: A Rare Case of an Infantile Disease Pattern Seen in an Elderly Patient
title_sort bullous pemphigoid limited to the hands and feet: a rare case of an infantile disease pattern seen in an elderly patient
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10256248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37303419
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38853
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