Heterogeneous Disease: A Child Case of Lichen Planus Pemphigoides Triggered by Varicella
March 2011
in “
The Journal of Dermatology
”
TLDR A child's rare skin disease was triggered by chickenpox.
The document described a case report of a child with lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP), a rare and controversial disease characterized by tense bullae on both lichen planus papules and uninvolved skin, subepidermal bullae, and linear deposits of immunoglobulin G and C3 along the basement membrane zone. The case supported the notion that LPP is a heterogeneous group of subepidermal autoimmune blistering disorders associated with lichen planus, and in this instance, it was triggered by varicella.
