title: [Generalized inflammatory epidermolysis bullosa acquisita initially diagnosed as viral exanthem: a rare disease within the subepidermal blistering disorders].
abstract: A 67-year-old man presented with a maculopapular exanthem which started over the major joints. Within a few days, it spread to the entire skin surface and was accompanied by blisters as well as changes of the oral mucosa. The histological examination revealed subepidermal blistering. Targeted laboratory examinations detected serum antibodies against the epidermal basement membrane and autoantibodies against type VII collagen. The findings supported the diagnosis of a generalized inflammatory epidermolysis bullosa acquisita with mucosal involvement.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie Venerologie und Allergologie Immunologisches Zentrum, Städtisches Klinikum Dessau, Auenweg 38, 06847, Dessau, Deutschland, nadine.el-haj@klinikum-dessau.de.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: El-Haj
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Micheli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zillikens
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Zouboulis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001768:Blister / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016107:Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005076:Exanthema; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis