Add like
Add dislike
Add to saved papers

Vulvar involvement in autoimmune bullous diseases.

The autoimmune blistering diseases are characterized by involvement of the skin and mucous membranes. On mucosal surfaces, although the initial lesion is often a blister, friction results in erosions. We report on 140 female patients with a variety of blistering diseases examined in the bullous disease clinic. Vulval involvement was found in 5 of 55 adult patients and in 2 of 3 girls with bullous pemphigoid. Sexual abuse was initially suspected in one child. Twenty-six women had cicatricial pemphigoid; of these, 14 had vulval involvement, often with severe scarring. Chronic bullous disease of childhood was identified in 20 girls; perineal involvement was present in 16 causing initial misdiagnosis of herpes simplex in one case and sexual abuse in another. Vulval involvement was less frequent in linear IgA disease (the adult counterpart of chronic bullous disease of childhood), occurring in 9 of 22 patients. One of two adults and two of three girls with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita had vulval involvement. Finally, of nine female patients with pemphigus, four had vulval involvement, all of whom had pemphigus vulgaris. Blistering diseases are rare, but vulval involvement is common across the spectrum of these diseases. When mucosal involvement predominates, diagnostic difficulties can arise.

Full text links

We have located links that may give you full text access.
Can't access the paper?
Try logging in through your university/institutional subscription. For a smoother one-click institutional access experience, please use our mobile app.

For the best experience, use the Read mobile app

Mobile app image

Get seemless 1-tap access through your institution/university

For the best experience, use the Read mobile app

All material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2024 by WebMD LLC.
This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.

By using this service, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.

Your Privacy Choices Toggle icon

You can now claim free CME credits for this literature searchClaim now

Get seemless 1-tap access through your institution/university

For the best experience, use the Read mobile app