Difference between revisions of "Bullous diseases"

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Images:
Images:
*[http://www.dermpedia.org/files/images/Image1_4.jpg Subepidermal blistering with thick vessels (dermpedia.org)].
*[http://www.dermpedia.org/files/images/Image1_4.jpg Subepidermal blistering with thick vessels (dermpedia.org)].
==Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita==
*Abbreviated ''EBA''
===General===
*Autoimmune disease.
**Antibodies to collagen type VII.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1063083-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1063083-overview]. Accessed on: 25 September 2011.</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Subepidermal bullae.


==Epidermolysis bullosa==
==Epidermolysis bullosa==
*Inherited, bullae & erosions from slight mechanical trauma.
===General===
*A group of inherited, bullous disorders.
*Bullae form due to slight mechanical trauma.
 
Three major groupings:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1062939-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1062939-overview]. Accessed on: 25 September 2011.</ref>
#Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (intraepidermal disease).
#Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (separation at DE junction; specifically central portion (lamina lucida)).
#Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (separation at DE junction; specifically deep to lamina densa).
 
===Microscopic===
Depends on subtype - either intraepidermal ''or'' subepidermal.


==Grover disease==
==Grover disease==
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