The blistering diseases

The focus of this article is on early recognition and rapid diagnosis of so me of the most challenging, complex, and difficult to treat and manage auto immune blistering mucocutaneous diseases. These diseases are potentially fa tal if not recognized early or if treated inappropriately or incorrectly. T he emphasis has been placed on those seen in adults and on morphologic reco gnition rather than details of therapeutic management. Blistering diseases in children are frequently inherited disorders due to genetic abnormalities found in the structure and function of specific molecules. These have been mentioned only to facilitate the reader to identify them because treatment or mechanism of their pathogenesis is beyond the scope and purpose of this article.