title: Childhood vesicular pemphigoid mimicking severe atopic dermatitis: a case report.
abstract: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disorder that typically affects elderly patients. Rarely, it can occur in childhood. Vesicular pemphigoid is an atypical variant of BP. We report a case of childhood vesicular pemphigoid in an infant aged 6 months that was initially misdiagnosed as severe atopic dermatitis (AD). To the best of our knowledge, only one other case of childhood vesicular pemphigoid has been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Research Unit 22-08/UR/03, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia. belhadjalihichem@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Hichem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Belhadjali
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Njim
authors.forename: Saif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaabane
authors.forename: Badreddine
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sriha
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakroun
authors.forename: Abdelfattah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zakhama
authors.forename: Jameleddine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zili
mesh_terms: D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology