title: A patient with coexistent bullous pemphigoid and primary membranous glomerulonephropathy.
abstract: Bullous pemphigoid has been rarely described in association with renal abnormalities, including membranous glomerulonephropathy, and it has been approximately 20 years since this association was last reported. We describe a case of a male patient with a concurrent onset of bullous pemphigoid and membranous glomerulonephropathy and discuss this rare association. A definite common immunologic mechanism that links the two disorders remains elusive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. esoine@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Erik John
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Soine
authors.forename: Peter Scott
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Lee T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Nesbitt
mesh_terms: D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology