Drug-induced bullous pemphigoid

Cureus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikanth Naramala ◽  
Hussain Dalal ◽  
Sreedhar Adapa ◽  
Pallav Patel ◽  
Venu Madhav Konala

Author(s):  
Kamala Rawson ◽  
Sankar Vinod ◽  
B Sreenivasan ◽  
Gigi Roy

1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 879-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Pazderka Smith ◽  
Ted B. Taylor ◽  
Laurence J. Meyer ◽  
John J. Zone

2020 ◽  
pp. 120347542097234
Author(s):  
Miriam Armanious ◽  
Mohn’d AbuHilal

Background Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a chronic immune-mediated vesiculobullous disorder. Recently, several reports have described dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, also known as gliptins, as causative agents for drug-induced BP. Objective To report and describe clinical and histologic characteristics of 10 cases of gliptin-induced BP. Results We identified 10 patients with gliptin-induced BP. Nine were secondary to linagliptin, and 1 case was attributed to sitagliptin. All patients showed significant improvement after withdrawal of gliptin medications and proper medical treatment. There has been no evidence of relapse after 4 months of follow-up. Conclusion This report supports the proposed association between gliptins and BP. Physicians should be aware of this potential adverse effect, as gliptin-induced BP can be reversible once identified and the responsible medication is stopped. Early withdrawal of the offending drug and proper treatment can lead to rapid improvement and reduced morbidity.


2005 ◽  
Vol 141 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K. Ferris ◽  
Drazen Jukic ◽  
Joseph C. English ◽  
Matthew J. Zirwas

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Chouchane ◽  
Giovanni Di Zenzo ◽  
Dario Pitocco ◽  
Laura Calabrese ◽  
Clara De Simone

AbstractBullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune bullous skin disease that affects primarily patients older than 60 years. The majority of BP cases are spontaneous, but BP can also be triggered by certain drugs’ exposures. Since 2011, a growing number of observations has been reporting cases of BP in Type 2 diabetic patients. These forms have been linked to the use of a new category of anti-diabetic drugs called dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors (DPP-4i) or gliptins, but to date, the exact pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this association are not completely elucidated. Although conventional and gliptin-associated BP are thought to share similar clinical and histopathological features, our thorough review of the most recent literature, shows that these 2 forms are quite distinct: DPP-4-i-associated BP seems to appear at an earlier age than spontaneous BP, it may manifest either as a noninflammatory or inflammatory phenotype, while the conventional form presents with a typical inflammatory phenotype. Additionally, an important distinctive histological feature was recently shown in Gliptin-associated BP: these forms may present a less significant eosinophils infiltrate in the upper dermis of peri-blister lesions compared to the skin of patients with spontaneous BP, and this seems a specific feature of the clinically non-inflammatory forms. In accordance with previous literature, we found that the direct immunofluorescence (DIF) gives identical findings in both DPP-4i-associated and conventional forms of BP which is an IgG and complement C3 deposition as a linear band at the dermal–epidermal junction in perilesional skin. Indirect immunofluorescence shows the presence of IgG circulating autoantibodies in the patient's serum which titer does not differ between spontaneous and DPP-4i-associated BP, while the specificity of these autoantibodies, may be different in spontaneous, induced non-inflammatory and induced inflammatory forms, epitope spreading phenomenon seems to play a role in determining these specificities. Further research, based on integrated epidemiological, clinical, histo-immunological and pharmacogenomic approaches, may give more insight into these forms of BP. This combined approach will allow to better define BP endotypes and to unveil the mechanism of spontaneous or drug-induced breakage of the immunotolerance to skin self-antigens.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 151-153
Author(s):  
Jayshree Agrawal ◽  
Prashanth Shenai K ◽  
Jagdish Chandra ◽  
Veena KM ◽  
Laxmikanth Chatra

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