title: [Pemphigoid and cerebral infarct. Syntropy of 2 diseases? Case report].
abstract: We report on two patients who suffered from bullous pemphigoid and developed cerebral infarctions during the course of this autoimmune dermatosis. The first patient who had a bullous dermatosis for three weeks presented with a sudden paresis of her right arm. She improved under steroid therapy and developed a left sided hemiparesis after steroids were reduced for diagnostic purposes. The second patient developed signs of brain stem infarction during the course of full-blown bullous pemphigoid. Neither patient had known risk factors, signs of atherosclerosis or cardiac embolism. Both patients improved with steroids and azathioprine.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Pemphigoid und Hirninfarkt. Syntropie zweier Krankheiten? Fallbericht.