title: Pemphigoid nodularis: a case report.
abstract: Several variants of bullous pemphigoid have been reported including pemphigoid nodularis. Patients with pemphigoid nodularis have clinical features of prurigo nodularis in combination with clinical or immunologic characteristics of bullous pemphigoid. We report the case of a 71-year-old woman with pemphigoid nodularis. The diagnosis was suspected clinically and established by positive indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) findings characteristic of pemphigoid. Results of direct immunofluorescence (DIF) testing were negative, which emphasizes the importance of conducting both DIF and IIF when pemphigoid nodularis is suspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Julia S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.forename: Amer N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kalaaji
authors.forename: Roy S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000963:Antimetabolites / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000963:Antimetabolites; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone