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? Blister: fluid filled cavity formed within or

beneath the epidermis

? Vesicle: blister < 0.5cm

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? Bullae: >0.5cm


Mechanism of blister formation:

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? 1. spongiosis: extracellular fluid in epidermis



Eg eczema, miliaria crystallina

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? 2. Acantholysis: loss of keratinocyte cell to cell

contact........ Rounded keratinocytes......

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condensed cytoplasm...large nuclei....

Peripheral condensation of chromatin and

prominent nucleoli

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Eg: pemphigus, hailey hailey ds, darriers

dis

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Tzanck smear

? Reticular degeneration ? bal ooning degeneration

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(intracel ular oedema)

? eg: viral infections

? Cytolysis- friction and heat

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? Basement membrane zone destruction ?

? primary structural deficiency

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? immunological y mediated damage- BP, linear

Ig A disease, DH


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Based upon plane of separation

? Intraepidermal-

A. subcorneal- miliaria crystallina, SSSS, P.

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foliaceous, Bullous impetigo, SCPD
B. Spinous- Eczema, Hailey Hailey, Miliaria

Rubra

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C. Suprabasal- Pemphigus vulgaris,

Paraneoplastic pemphigus, Darriers

Disease

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? Subepidermal:
Bullous Pemphigoid
DH

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Linear Ig A disease
Porphyria cutanea tarda

Classification
Immunobullous disorders

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Introduction

? The immunobullous diseases are characterized by

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pathogenic autoantibodies directed at target

antigens whose function is either cell-to-cell

adhesion within the epidermis or adhesion of

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stratified squamous epithelium to dermis or

mesenchyme.

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? These diseases are often associated with significant

morbidity and some can even cause mortality, if left

untreated.

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? Adhesion between keratinocytes:

Desmosomes (transmembrane glycoproteins)

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? 1. desmogleins- 1,2,3
desmoglein 3 ? in basal and suprabasal

layers and mucosae

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? 2. desmocollins


? Others: non glycosylated proteins

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? Plakoglobin; desmoplakin 1 and 2; plakophilin

Intraepidermal immunobullous

disorders

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Pemphigus vulgaris

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? The term pemphigus stems from the Greek

`pemphix' meaning blister or bubble.

? Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune

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blistering disease of skin & mucous

membranes characterized by:

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? Histologically, intraepidermal blisters due to loss

of cell-cell adhesion of keratinocytes.

? Immunopathologically, the finding of in vivo

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bound & circulating IgG autoantibodies directed

against the cell surface of the keratinocytes.

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Pemphigus vulgaris

? Al patients develop painful oral erosions. More than

half of patients also have flaccid blisters and

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widespread cutaneous erosions.

? Mucosa: painful erosions over buccal & palatine mucosa.

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Intact blisters are rare. Esophagus, conjunctiva, & nasal

mucosa may develop these lesions.

? Skin lesions: primary lesions are flaccid, thin walled easily

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ruptured blisters. Blisters are fragile and soon rupture to

form painful erosions.

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? Erosions often become large and partially covered with crusts.

Some lesions on healing leave hyperpigmentation but no scarring.


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Skin lesions

Oral mucosal lesions

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PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS


? Nikolsky sign : positive

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? Tzanck smear: Acantholytic cells

Pemphigus vegetans

? Rare vegetative variant of

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pemphigus vulgaris.

? Flaccid blisters that become

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erosions and then form

papillomatous

projections especially in

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intertriginous areas and on

scalp or face.

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? Two subtypes:

? Neumann type: severe

? Hal opeau type: mild

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Figure: pemphigus vegetans. Extensive

vegetating papil omatous lesions

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Pemphigus foliaceus

? Patients develop scaly, crusted cutaneous

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erosions, often on an erythematous base.

? Lesions are wel demarcated and have a seborrhoeic

distribution, i.e. they favor the face, scalp and upper

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trunk

? No clinical y apparent mucosal involvement.

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? Patients are not severely il .

? Disease may remain localized for years or it may

rapidly progress, in some cases to erythrodermic

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exfoliative dermatitis.



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Early disease: Scaly crusted

Progressive disease: Lesions

erosions on the back

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have become confluent

PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS

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Pemphigus erythematosus (Senear

-Usher Syndrome)

? Localized variant of pemphigus foliaceus.

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? Scaly and crusted lesions of pemphigus foliaceus appear in the

malar region of face and in other `seborrheic' areas.

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? Immunologic features of both lupus erythematosus and

pemphigus.

? In vivo IgG and C3 deposition on cell surface of keratinocytes as well as

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basement membrane zone, in addition to circulating antinuclear

antibodies(ANA).

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Paraneoplastic pemphigus

? Associated with underlying neoplasms, both malignant and

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benign.

? Most commonly associated neoplasms are non-

Hodgkin lymphoma(40%), chronic lymphocytic

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leukemia(30%), Castleman's disease , thymomas, sarcomas

? In children and adolescents, Castleman's disease is the most

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commonly associated tumor.

? Most constant clinical feature is intractable stomatitis.

Cutaneous findings are pleomorphic and may present as

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macules, flaccid/tense blisters, Erythema Multiforme like

lesions, lichenoid eruption.

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Pemphigus

Paraneoplastic pemphigus:

erythematosus: scaly

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severe stomatitis extending

crusted erosions are

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onto vermilion lip

seen on the nose and

malar area.

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IgA Pemphigus = intercellular Ig A

dermatosis

? Intraepidermal antikeratinocyte IgA

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? vesicopustular

1. Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (SCPD) type:

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? Presents as flaccid vesicles or pustules on either

erythematous or normal skin.

? Pustules tend to coalesce to form an annular or

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circinate pattern with crusts in the center of the

lesion.

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? Most commonly involved sites are axil a and groin.

? Mucus membrane involvement is rare.

? Pruritus is a significant symptom.

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IgA Pemphigus

2. Intraepidermal neutrophilic (IEN) type:

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? Presents as flaccid vesicles or pustules on either

erythematous or normal skin.

? Pustules tend to coalesce to form an annular or

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circinate pattern with crusts in the center of the

lesion

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? Sunflower -like configuration of pustules is a

characteristic sign of the IEN type.

? Most commonly involved sites are axilla and

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groin


Subcorneal pustular

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Intraepithelial neutrophilic (IEN) type:

dermatosis(SCPD) type: pustules

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characteristic sunflower-like

coalescing in annular or circinate

configuration of pustules is seen.

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pattern with central crusting.

IgA PEMPHIGUS

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Induced Pemphigus

? Drugs: penicillamine

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captopril

? Radiotherapy
? Thermal burns

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SUBEPIDERMAL IMMUNOBULLOUS

DISEASES
BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID

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? Bullous pemphigoid is an acquired non-scarring

autoimmune blistering disease of the elderly age

group characterized histological y by

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subepidermal bullae and immunopathological y

by deposition of antibodies and complement

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along the epidermal basement membrane zone

(BMZ).

? The median age of onset ranges from 60 to 75

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years.

? tense blisters, hemorrhagic or fil ed with thick fibrinous

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fluid, on normal appearing skin or on an erythematous

base.

? The blisters range from vesicles to large bullae and may

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be seen al over the body, the commonest sites of

involvement being the lower abdomen, inner thighs,

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groin and the flexor aspects of the limbs.

? The flexural and intertriginous areas are often affected.
? Vesicles may also develop on the palms and soles.
? Nikolsky's sign is negative.

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? For blisters that rupture, the resulting erosions and may

become covered with a crust.

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? The erosions heals without scarring, but transient pigmentary

changes and milia formation can occur.

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? Pruritus is generally present, but the degree is variable,

ranging from none to intense.

? Mucosal lesions have been reported in 10%? 40% of patients

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? They are often mild and transient.


MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID

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(SYN. CICATRICIAL PEMPHIGOID)

? Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a group

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of chronic inflammatory, autoimmune,

subepithelial blistering diseases predominantly

affecting mucous membranes and is

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characterized by linear deposition of IgG, IgA, or

C3 along the epithelial basement membrane zone

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(BMZ).

? Scarring is the clinical hal mark, but is not always

obvious, particularly in the oral mucosa.

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? Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a rare disease

that primarily affects the elderly (the peak

incidence is between the age of 60 and 80 years).

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? It affects twice as many women as men.

? The onset is usual y insidious.

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? The oral mucosa is most commonly involved

(approximately 85% of patients), fol owed by the

ocular, nasal, nasopharyngeal, anogenital, skin,

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laryngeal, and esophageal mucosa in descending

order of involvement.

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? In the oral cavity, the gingival and palatal mucosae and less

commonly the labial, glossal, and buccal mucosae are

affected.

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? There may be swollen, bright, erythematous, focal or

generalized, mildly painful erosions on the gingiva (termed

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`desquamative gingivitis')

? The presentation may also be as fluid- or sometimes blood-

filled blisters.

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? The lips are rarely involved.


? The eyes are affected in about two-thirds of patients, most often by

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a unilateral chronic cicatricial conjunctivitis with symptoms of

burning, irritation and excessive lacrimation.

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? Genital involvement has been observed in about 20% of cases, as

blisters and erosions on the glans and prepuce or the labia.

? Skin lesions occur in 10%?30% of patients, and are of two types:

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scarring and nonscarring.

? Flaccid blisters develop on erythematous plaques on the head, neck

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and upper trunk, and heal with atrophic scars.

? This eruption tends to be localized and recurrent.


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PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS

? Pemphigoid gestationis (PG), also known as herpes

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gestationis, is a rare autoimmune pruritic

polymorphic dermatosis of pregnancy and

puerperium.

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? pemphigoid gestationis is undoubtedly under

hormonal influence since it occurs only with

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pregnancy, menstruation, oral contraceptive

ingestion, hydatidiform mole or choriocarcinoma.

? The PG antigen is the 180 kDa BP antigen (BP180 or

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BPAG2),that is present in the hemidesmosomes of

the basement membrane.

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? PG may occur in the first or any subsequent pregnancy.

? It usual y begins in the second or third trimester,

though it can begin at any time between the first

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trimester and the immediate postpartum period.

? Intense pruritus usual y accompanies but occasional y

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precedes a polymorphic eruption of erythematous

urticarial papules and plaques, vesicles or bul ae arising

on inflamed or normal skin.

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? Classical y, there are erythematous urticarial plaques

rimmed by blisters, and crusts that enlarge peripheral y

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to form annular or polycyclic patterns.


? The eruption usually begins on the abdomen,

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especially around the umbilicus, or on the

extremities and then spreads to the rest of the trunk,

palms and soles.

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? Facial and mucosal lesions are rare.


DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS

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? Dermatitis herpetiformis is a rare chronic blistering

skin disease characterized clinically by intensely

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pruritic grouped vesicles arising on an erythematous

base, by granular IgA deposits in the dermal papillae

on direct immunofluorescence, and associated with

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gluten-sensitivity and a mostly asymptomatic

enteropathy.

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? It presents most often in the second or third

decades, but the disease can occasionally occur in

children also.

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? A slight male predominance has been reported.
? Onset may be acute or gradual.

? The eruption is characteristical y polymorphous,

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although at a given time any one type of lesion (e.g.

papular, urticarial, vesicular or bul ous) may

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predominate.

? The primary lesion is classical y, a smal vesicle on an

? erythematous, edematous base, or an erythematous

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papule, or an urticarial plaque.

? The vesicles may be grouped in a herpetiform manner

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on an erythematous plaque.

? Intense itching or a burning or stinging sensation is a

common

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? If the rash is chronic, there are often lichenified

plaques at the sites of involvement.

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? The areas of predilection are the elbows, knees,

buttocks, sacrum, shoulders, posterior hairline and

scalp.

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? The lesions are symmetrically distributed over the

extensor surfaces of the limbs.

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? The face is occasionally affected, but the mucous

membranes, only rarely.


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LINEAR IgA DISEASE

? Linear IgA disease can be clinical y categorized into two

disorders with two distinct presentations: CBDC, which

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begins in childhood, and adult LAD, which begins in

adult life.

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? In children, the disease usual y starts below the age of

5.

? The onset is usual y abrupt, with large tense bul ae

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fil ed with clear or hemorrhagic fluid on or near the

genitalia.

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? They gradual y involve other areas such as the

buttocks, scalp and

? face, especial y the perioral and periocular areas.

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? Blisters may also appear in a generalized but

asymmetric distribution.

? Typical features include herpetiform clustering of

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blisters, formation of bizarre, irregularly shaped bul ae

as they enlarge and coalesce, and `rosettes' or `clusters

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of jewels' which represent the annular arrangements

of new, smal , tense blisters around a crusted healing

erythematous plaque (the `string of pearls' sign) .

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? Pruritus is variable in intensity.

? In adults, the onset may be insidious or abrupt, with

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symptoms varying from mild pruritus to severe pruritus

and burning.

? There may be flexural and truncal involvement with

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scattered vesicles and tense blisters similar to BP.

? The bullae may be somewhat linear, sausage- shaped

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and hemorrhagic.

? A few patients of LAD may present with a DH like

itchy eruption with grouped papulovesicles involving

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the extensor surfaces.

? Perineal and perioral involvement is less common

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than in children.

? Approximately 80% of adults and children with LAD

have mucosal lesions

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Treatment of Immunobul ous

disorders

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? Management includes-
1. Investigations
2. Treatment
INVESTIGATIONS

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1-Routine
?

Full blood count and differential

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?

Fasting blood sugar

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?

Liver function tests

?

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Renal function tests

? Chest x-ray
? Urinalysis

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2-Specific ?for diagnosis
? Tzanck smear
? Histopathological examination
? DIF

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? I F
? Immunoblotting
? Immunoelectron microscopy
? ELISA
TREATMENT

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? The treatment of immunobul ous diseases consists of

three phases: control, consolidation, and maintenance.

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? control phase- intense therapy is given to suppress

disease activity until no new lesions appear.

? consolidation phase during which drugs and doses are

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maintained until complete clearance of lesions.

? Final y, medications can be gradual y tapered in the

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maintenance phase, aiming for the lowest dose that

prevents new lesions from appearing .

? Aim of therapy is to prevent the appearance of new lesions &

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produce healing of existing lesions.
? The choice of therapy
? Severity of the disease at presentation.

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? Patient-related

? age

? general health

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? associated medical illnesses

? Drug-related

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? onset of action

? efficacy

? adverse effects

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? cost
TREATMENT PHASES

? GENERAL THERAPY

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? PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY-
A. TOPICAL
B. SYSTEMIC

General measures

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? It includes-

1. General nursing care-

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? Proper and regular dressing of the raw area is done

until re-epithelization takes place.

? This is performed with sterile petroleum gauze or

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gauge impregnated with topical antibiotics.

2.Adequate Nutrition ?

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? Oral supplementation with protein and high calorie

fluids.

? Soft easily chewable diet in case of oral lesions

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3. control of secondary infection-antibiotics should be

given preferably following culture and sensitivity

report.

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4. restoring fluid and electrolyte equilibrium

Topical therapy

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? Is indicated in more local oral lesion with less

aggressive behaviour.

? Skin lesions-

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1. clobetasol propionate .05% may reduces the

requirement of oral steroid.

2. Potassium permanganate and antiseptics to reduce

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the risk of secondary infection.
q Oral lesions-

? soft diets, soft toothbrushes help to minimize local trauma.

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? Topical analgesics or anaesthetics - benzydamine

hydrochloride 0.15% (Oral Rinse) are useful in alleviating

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oral pain, particularly prior to eating or tooth brushing.

? Tooth brushing should be encouraged and antiseptic

mouthwashes may be used such as

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- chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2%

- hexetidine 0.1%

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-01:4 hydrogen peroxide solutions.

? Patients are susceptible to oral candidiasis which

should be treated.

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? Topical Corticostreoid therapy may help to reduce

the requirement for systemic agents.

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? It include application of clobetasol gel .05%
? Clobetasol gel may be used with occlusive vehicle

mainly in desquamative gingivitis
? Soluble betamethasone sodium phosphate 0.5 mg

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tablet dissolved in 10 mL water may be used up to four

times daily, holding the solution in the mouth for about

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5 minutes.

? Isolated oral erosions could be treated with application

of triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% in adhesive paste

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? 2.5 mg hydrocortisone lozenges or sprayed directly

with an asthma aerosol inhaler, for example

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beclomethasone dipropionate 50-200 micrograms or

budesonide 50-200 micrograms.

? Topical ciclosporin (100 mg/mL) in oral pemphigus

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has been described and may be of some benefit but

is expensive

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? Tetracyclines are successful in pemphigus vulgaris

and cicatricial pemphigoid

? Tacrolimus is indicated in oral resistant cicatricial

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pemphigoid
SYSTEMIC THERAPY

? Corticosteroids:

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? Oral

? Pulse IV

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? Adjuvant drugs

? Azathioprine

? Oral cyclophosphamide

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? Pulsed cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone

? MMF

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? Gold

? Methotrexate

? Ciclosporin

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? Tetracyclin and nicotinamide

? Dapsone

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? Chlorambucil



Newer treatment modalities

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? IVIG
? Cholinomimetic drugs
? Plasma exchange
? Extracorporeal photophoresis
? Biologicals

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? Immunoadsorption
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