title: [Pemphigoid vegetans. An immunoelectron microscopic study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pemphigoid vegetans is a rare disease. It has a clinical resemblance to pemphigus vegetans, but there are histological and immunopathological features of bullous pemphigoid.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case in a 57-year-old-man who had developed intertriginous vegetating plaques. Histologic examination of a skin biopsy specimen and direct immunofluorescence microscopy of a biopsy specimen were those of bullous pemphigoid. Immunoblot studies and indirect immunofluorescences of salt-split skin were negative. Direct immunoelectron microscopy was consistent with bullous pemphigoïd.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only five cases have been reported. We describe the first case including direct immunomicroscopic findings which suggest that pemphigoid vegetans is a subtype of bullous pemphigoid. The other interest was a remarkable improvement with tetracyclines.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Dupuytren, Limoges.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delpuget-Bertin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bedane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boulinguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bonnetblanc
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001365:Axilla; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D008911:Minocycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008911:Minocycline