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→Bullous Pemphigoid
=Bullous Pemphigoid=
=Bullous Pemphigoid=
*H&P: Autoimmune disease against skin basement membrane. More common than pemphigus vulgaris. Age > 60 (median 80). Large, tense, bullae and erythematous patches. - Nikolsky sign.
*H&P: Autoimmune disease against skin basement membrane. More common than pemphigus vulgaris. Age > 60 (median 80). Large, tense, bullae and erythematous patches. - Nikolsky sign.
*Dx: Skin biopsy. Differential includes pemphigus, dermatitis herpetiformis
*Dx: Skin biopsy. Differential includes pemphigus, dermatitis herpetiformis, '''porphyria cutanea tarda'''
*Tx: Topical steroids
*Tx: Topical steroids