title: Vesicular pemphigoid.
abstract: A patient with a pruritic vesicular eruption closely resembling dermatitis herpetiformis is described. Histopathologic examination of a biopsy specimen showed a subepidermal blister containing abundant eosinophils and neutrophils, whereas results of direct immunofluorescence studies demonstrated linear and homogeneous deposition of IgG and C3 along the basement membrane zone. Prednisone therapy was necessary to control the clinical symptoms. Similar cases have been described as "vesicular pemphigoid."
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Requena
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sánchez Yus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis