SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA ACQUISITA USING INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULINS

Authors
MOHR C SUNDERKOTTER C HILDEBRAND A BIEL K RUTTER A RUTTER GH LAUGER TA KOLDE G
Citation
C. Mohr et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA ACQUISITA USING INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULINS, British journal of dermatology, 132(5), 1995, pp. 824-826
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
132
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
824 - 826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)132:5<824:STOEAU>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report a 55-year-old man with severe inflammatory epidermolysis bul losa acquisita. The skin lesions did not respond to various immunosupp ressive treatments. The combined administration of prednisone, azathio prine, dapsone and colchicine resulted only in a transient and incompl ete resolution of the lesions. The bullae and increased skin fragility were successfully controlled by the addition of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.