Pediatric Dermatology

Childhood Vesicular Pemphigoid Mimicking Severe Atopic Dermatitis: A Case Report

Cutis. 2009 April;83(4):182-184
By
Belhadjali H
Youssef M
Njim L
Chaabane S Sriha B
Chakroun M
Zakhama A
Zili J
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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.
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