Cicatricial pemphigoid (Brunsting-Perry type). Case report and immunofluorescence findings.
We describe clinical and immunofluorescence findings of a patient with Brunsting-Perry-type cicatricial pemphigoid. Direct immunofluorescence showed tissue-fixed basement membrane zone antibodies similar to those characteristic of bullous pemphigoid. Circulating antibodies to the basement membrane zone were not found. Brunsting-Perry-type cicatricial pemphigoid probably represents a clinical variation midway in the cicatricial pemphigoid-bullous pemphigoid spectrum of disease. Management with intralesional corticosteroids was successful in controlling the skin lesions.
D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000906:Antibodies; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide