Bullous Pemphigoid with Peripheral Blood Hypereosinophilia.
- Author:
Dea Hyun BAN
;
Young Keun KIM
;
Gwang Seong CHOI
;
Sang Wahn KOO
;
Joo Heung LEE
;
Soo Chan KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bullous pemphigoid;
Eosinophilia;
Tetracycline-niacinamide therapy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Eosinophilia;
Eosinophils;
Humans;
Pemphigoid, Bullous*;
Skin;
Steroids
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1999;37(3):413-416
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bullous pemphigoid(BP) is a bullous disease in elderly people characterized by subepidermal bullae on erythematous and normal skin. Peripheral blood easinophilia have been reported in the patients with BP, and blood eosinophilia may be related to disease activity and severity in BP. We report a 70-year old man BP. He showed peripheral blood eosinophilia, and was treated successfully with a combination of low dose steroids & tetracycline-niacinamide(T-N) therapy. The eosinophil counts fell to normal levels as the skin lesion cleared.
