pemphigoid

Etiology

• bullous pemphigoid
• cicatricial pemphigoid
• drug-induced pemphigoid
  • furosemide
  • amoxicillin, ampicillin, penicillin
  • phenacetin
  • penicillamine
  • beta-blockers
  • terbinafine
  • PUVA

Laboratory

• skin biopsy
  • immunofluorescence testing of perilesional skin
  • histopathology of lesional skin

More general terms

• autoimmune bullous disease (... pemphigus, bullous pemphigoid)

More specific terms

• bullous pemphigoid; parapemphigus
• cicatricial pemphigoid (benign mucous membrane pemphigoid)
• dyshidrosiform pemphigoid