Light and transmission electron microscopy of generalized dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (Pasini's albopapuloid subtype).
An Bras Dermatol
; 87(2): 285-7, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
Pasini's albopapuloid epidermolysis bullosa is a very rare subtype of generalized dystrophic dominant epidermolyis bullosa. A 30 year-old white female patient presented since her childhood disseminated small blisters and papules. Light microscopy of a blister showed dermal-epidermal cleavage; moreover, focal areas of dermal-epidermal splitting were also observed. Transmission electron microscopy also identified focal areas of cleavage, which were seen below the lamina densa. It is important to recognize this condition as a variant of epidermolysis bullosa, since the most important cutaneous findings are generalized papules and not blisters and erosions as in other forms of epidermolysis bullosa.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
An Bras Dermatol
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil