CICATRIZING CONJUNCTIVITIS AS A PREDOMINANT MANIFESTATION OF LINEAR IGA BULLOUS DERMATOSIS

Authors
WEBSTER GF RABER I PENNE R JACOBY RA BEUTNER EH
Citation
Gf. Webster et al., CICATRIZING CONJUNCTIVITIS AS A PREDOMINANT MANIFESTATION OF LINEAR IGA BULLOUS DERMATOSIS, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 30(2), 1994, pp. 355-357
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
355 - 357
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1994)30:2<355:CCAAPM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Linear IgA bullous dermatosis is an uncommon mucocutaneous autoimmune disorder that is distinct from dermatitis herpetiformis and bullous pe mphigoid. Two patients who had significant conjunctival involvement bu t minimal skin disease are described. Irreversible conjunctival scarri ng indistinguishable from ocular pemphigoid developed in both patients .