Successful treatment of linear IgA bullous dermatosis with mycophenolate mofetil.
Successful treatment of linear IgA bullous dermatosis with mycophenolate mofetil.
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吗替麦考酚酯成功治疗线性 IgA 大疱性皮肤病。
DOI:
10.1080/000155502320323351
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Michael Sticherlin
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文献类型:
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作者:
R. Gläser;Michael Sticherlin
Sir, Linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD) is a rare, acquired, autoimmune, subepidermal blistering disorder combining the clinical features characteristic of dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and bullous pemphigoid (BP) (1). Chronic bullous disease of childhood is believed to be a variant of LABD. The only apparent diVerence between the two is the younger age at presentation (2). LABD is characterized by linear deposition of IgA at the basement membrane zone (BMZ) and in some cases by circulating IgA anti-BMZ-antibodies. LABD and chronic bullous disease of childhood generally respond Fig. 1. Clinical features of the patient with linear IgA bullous to a combined treatment with sulphones and glucocortidermatosis abdominal skin at the time of rst presentation: a tense costeroids, but in some patients alternative therapeutic bulla and erosions are seen. approaches have to be considered. We describe a patient with LABD who responded to recombinant BP180-NC16A, ANA, anti-ENA, antioral mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), a immunosuppresgliadineor endomysium antibodies could be found. sive drug that has also been used successfully in bullous Standard systemic therapy with diamino-diphenylpemphigoid (3–4). sulphone (DADPS) alone or in combination with glucocorticosteroids up to 0.5mgkg 1 body weight was only temporarily eVective. Therapy with MMF was therefore CASE REPORT initiated, with subsequent clinical improvement. A In February 1998, a 20-year-old male subject presented relapse that occurred after 5 months of therapy with himself at our clinic complaining of itching skin lesions MMF was successfully suppressed by additional higharound both elbows. Later, the lesions disseminated dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) administered over the trunk and the extremities, with formation of 3 times at intervals of 6 weeks. The detailed treatment tense bullae. Our patient had no history of other diseases schedule is listed in Table I. and presented in a healthy state, with no gastrointestinal Since May 1999 the skin condition has been stabilized symptoms or systemic medication. under continuing therapy with 2 g day 1 MMF as a On the trunk and the extensor surfaces, erythematous single treatment. The lesions healed slowly, with residual urticarial papules and plaques were occasionally covered local hyperpigmentation. Initially, a reduction of the with vesicles containing a clear or haemorrhagic uid MMF dosage resulted in exacerbation. Eventually, systhat progressed to erosions with haemorrhagic crusts temic therapy could be stopped, with no deterioration (Fig. 1). during a total follow-up period of nearly one and a All routine haematological and chemical laboratory half years. parameters were within the normal range. Histological examination of lesional abdominal skin DISCUSSION showed a subepidermal bulla lled with oedema uid, brin, lymphocytes, neutrophilic and numerous eosinoThe clinical, histological as well as serological features in our patient are diagnostic of LABD. The detection philic granulocytes. A mixed in ammatory in ltrate was found within the dermis. of circulating IgA antibodies with epidermal linear staining on human salt-split skin revealed the lamina-lucida Direct immuno uorescence examination of perilesional skin showed linear deposition of IgA, IgM and type of the disease. However, the antigen speci city of the IgA antibodies found in LABD seems to be heteroC3 along the BMZ. Indirect immuno uorescence staining with the patient’s serum was positive at a titre of geneous. Recent results indicate that the 97-kD-protein (97-LAD), which was initially identi ed within the 1:40 on monkey oesophagus with IgA anti-basement membrane antibodies and on human split skin (1mol/l lamina lucida of the basement membrane zone represents the extracellular domain of the 180 kD bullous sodium chloride) showing a linear staining pattern at the blister top. No speci c IgA-reactivity against human pemphigoid antigen (BPAg2, BP180) (5).