We report a 73- year-old Japanese female who developed IgG autoantibodies against BP180 as well as desmoglein 3 (Dsg3). She showed tense blisters on the extremities without apparent mucosal involvement and a skin biop...
Background: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a systemic connective tissue disorder involving elastic fiber calcification and fragmentation with major clinicalmanifestations occurring in the cutaneous, ocular, and car...
BACKGROUND: Recipients of organ transplants are susceptible to Kaposi’ s sarcoma as a result of treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. Sirolimus (rapamycin), an immunosuppressive drug, may also have antitumor effect...
A 73-year-old woman, who suffered from erythema with bullae and pustules on her abdomen and anterior right thigh, visited our hospital without an awareness of the causative agents. The lesions appeared like first and ...