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Dermatology

Pemphigoid Group

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  1. 01

    Overview of the pemphigoid group

    Three autoimmune blistering diseases that share one junction and diverge in where they strike

    • What this chapter covers
    • The shared target: the dermal-epidermal junction
    • Mapping the target proteins
    • Major autoantigens of subepidermal autoimmune-mediated blistering diseases.
    • Major autoantigens of subepidermal autoimmune-mediated blistering diseases. (continued)

    5 slides

  2. 02

    Bullous Pemphigoid

    The most common autoimmune blistering disease of the skin

    • Key features of bullous pemphigoid
    • History of bullous pemphigoid
    • Epidemiology of bullous pemphigoid
    • The two target antigens: BP180 and BP230
    • The NC16A domain: where most antibodies bind
    • T cells drive the antibody response
    • From antibody binding to blister: the mechanism
    • Potential mechanisms of blister formation
    • IgG can damage the junction without complement
    • The role of IgE autoantibodies
    • Evidence from animal models
    • Clinical spectrum of bullous pemphigoid
    • The non-bullous (pre-blister) phase
    • The bullous phase
    • Classic bullous pemphigoid presentation
    • Residual changes and mucosal involvement
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- urticarial presentation
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- eczematous presentation
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- itch-only presentation
    • Unusual clinical variants of BP
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- uncommon clinical variants
    • Unusual clinical variants of bullous pemphigoid.
    • Bullous pemphigoid in children
    • Childhood bullous pemphigoid
    • Associated malignancy and autoimmune disease
    • Triggers and disease associations
    • Bullous pemphigoid localized to a psoriatic plaque
    • Neurologic and psychiatric associations
    • Drug-induced bullous pemphigoid
    • Drug-induced bullous pemphigoid
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- further bullous examples
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- fresh and older blisters together
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- urticarial and bullous overlap
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- a second eczematous example
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- progression over time
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- excoriated and confluent disease
    • Oral involvement (desquamative gingivitis) in BP
    • Childhood BP -- acral predominance
    • Diagnosing bullous pemphigoid
    • Light microscopy findings
    • Urticarial-phase histopathology
    • Bullous-phase histopathology
    • Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) microscopy
    • Two ways to refine a positive DIF result
    • BP -- direct and indirect immunofluorescence
    • Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) microscopy
    • Indirect immunofluorescence on salt-split skin
    • ELISA blood tests for BP180 and BP230
    • BP180 and BP230 reactivity on lab testing
    • Bullous pemphigoid -- other lab studies
    • BP -- immunoelectron microscopy of BP230
    • Differential diagnosis: nonspecific forms
    • Four clinical clues that favour BP
    • Distinguishing BP from its closest mimics
    • Bullous pemphigoid vs epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
    • Prognosis of bullous pemphigoid
    • Monitoring disease activity
    • Treatment principles
    • Oral corticosteroids for extensive disease
    • Ultrapotent topical corticosteroids
    • The treatment ladder, at a glance
    • Therapeutic ladder for bullous pemphigoid.
    • Steroid-sparing immunosuppressive drugs
    • Options for localized or mild disease
    • Newer biologic therapies
    • Evidence from controlled trials
    • Survey of selected controlled trials for the treatment of patients with bullous pemphigoid.
    • Survey of selected controlled trials for the treatment of patients with bullous pemphigoid. (continued)
    • Survey of selected controlled trials for the treatment of patients with bullous pemphigoid. (continued)
    • Survey of selected controlled trials for the treatment of patients with bullous pemphigoid. (continued)
    • Duration of treatment and safety measures

    71 slides

  3. 03

    Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

    A scarring disease of the mouth, eyes, and other mucosal surfaces

    • Key features of mucous membrane pemphigoid
    • History of mucous membrane pemphigoid
    • Epidemiology of mucous membrane pemphigoid
    • How MMP damages tissue
    • The four autoantibody subgroups of MMP
    • Subgroup 1: anti-laminin 332 disease
    • Subgroups 2-4: ocular, anti-BP, and heterogeneous
    • Which mucosae does MMP affect
    • Oral involvement in MMP
    • Mucous membrane pemphigoid -- oral lesions
    • Conjunctival (eye) involvement in MMP
    • Ocular involvement -- progression over time
    • How scarring damages the eye
    • Symblepharon in mucous membrane pemphigoid
    • Nose, throat, and airway involvement
    • Genital and anal involvement
    • Cutaneous (skin) lesions in MMP
    • The Brunsting-Perry variant
    • MMP Brunsting-Perry variant
    • MMP -- oral disease as the presenting sign
    • MMP -- gingival erythema and erosion
    • MMP -- ectropion and exudative conjunctivitis
    • MMP -- a second symblepharon example
    • MMP -- scarring alopecia of the scalp
    • MMP -- chronic scarring ulceration of the chest
    • Diagnosing MMP: why delay is common
    • Light and electron microscopy in MMP
    • Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) in MMP
    • Immunoelectron microscopy in MMP
    • Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) in MMP
    • ELISA and immunochemical testing in MMP
    • Differential diagnosis of MMP
    • Prognosis of mucous membrane pemphigoid
    • Local (topical) therapy for MMP
    • Systemic therapy for MMP
    • Additional and emerging MMP therapies
    • Surgical therapy for MMP

    37 slides

  4. 04

    Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita

    The rarest of the three, targeting a deeper anchor -- type VII collagen

    • Key features of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
    • History of EBA
    • Epidemiology of EBA
    • Type VII collagen: the target structure
    • How EBA autoantibodies cause damage
    • Two broad clinical patterns of EBA
    • The mechanobullous (classic) form
    • EBA -- mechanobullous presentation
    • EBA in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
    • The inflammatory, BP-like form
    • EBA -- inflammatory presentation
    • Rarer inflammatory subtypes and mucosal disease
    • EBA -- oral involvement
    • EBA -- inflammatory presentation in multiple myeloma
    • Systemic disease associations of EBA
    • Light and electron microscopy in EBA
    • Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) in EBA
    • Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) in EBA
    • Immunoelectron microscopy: the gold standard
    • ELISA and other immunochemical tests in EBA
    • Differential diagnosis of EBA
    • EBA vs bullous systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Treating EBA

    23 slides

  5. 05

    Putting it all together

    Three diseases, one shared junction, told apart by where they strike and how the antibodies bind

    • The pemphigoid group at a glance
    • How lab testing separates the three diseases
    • Key take-away points
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    • Dermatology, 5th Edition (2-Volume Set)

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