Heterogeneous Disease: A Child Case of Lichen Planus Pemphigoides Triggered by Varicella

    March 2011 in “ The Journal of Dermatology ”
    Turna İLKNUR, Sevgi Akarsu, Soner Uzun, Erdener Özer, Emel Feti̇l
    TLDR A child's rare skin disease was triggered by chickenpox.
    The document described a case report of a child with lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP), a rare and controversial disease characterized by tense bullae on both lichen planus papules and uninvolved skin, subepidermal bullae, and linear deposits of immunoglobulin G and C3 along the basement membrane zone. The case supported the notion that LPP is a heterogeneous group of subepidermal autoimmune blistering disorders associated with lichen planus, and in this instance, it was triggered by varicella.
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