- 2024, Volume 82 - Number 3
- Published: September 20, 2024
Exuberant and refractory bullous pemphigoid in HIV patient: a case report
Marina Palhano-de Almeida 1, Isadora P. Pavei 1, Roberto M. Amorim-Filho 1, Gustavo M. Amorim 1, Mateus D. D. Pont 2, Gabriella Di Giunta-Funchal 3
1 Department of Dermatology, Hospital Santa Teresa de Dermatologia, Sanitária, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brazil; 2 Department of Plasmapheresis, Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil; 3 Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago University Hospital, Santa Catarina Federal University, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Marina Palhano-de Almeida, Isadora P. Pavei, Roberto M. Amorim-Filho, Gustavo M. Amorim, Mateus D. D. Pont, Gabriella Di Giunta-Funchal
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*Correspondence: Gabriella Di Giunta-Funchal, Email not available
Abstract
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune blistering disease and results from autoantibodies against hemidesmosomal proteins of the basement membrane. Occurrence of BP in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has already been described. We report an exuberant case of BP in a HIV carrier aiming to emphasize the difficulty of treating this entity in this population.
