LICHEN PLANUS-PEMPHIGOIDES IN A CHILD - IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS

Authors
PAIGE DG BHOGAL BS BLACK MM HARPER JI
Citation
Dg. Paige et al., LICHEN PLANUS-PEMPHIGOIDES IN A CHILD - IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 18(6), 1993, pp. 552-554
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
18
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
552 - 554
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1993)18:6<552:LPIAC->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Lichen planus pemphigoides is a rare immuno-bullous disorder which usu ally affects adults. It is extremely uncommon in children. Previous ca ses have been described in a 10-year-old girl1 and in two 16-year-old adolescents.2,3 A case of lichen planus pemphigoides in an 11-year-old Afro-Caribbean boy is reported and the immunopathological findings ar e discussed.