Unusual presentation of childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Pediatric Rheumatology

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Unusual presentation of childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Sathish Kumar and Indira Agarwal

Department of Child Health Unit II, Christian Medical College, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore 632 004, India

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Pediatric Rheumatology 2007, 5:20doi:10.1186/1546-0096-5-20


Published:	21 November 2007

Abstract

Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare blistering condition with a distinctive combination of clinical, histological and immunopathologic features that together constitute a unique bullous disease phenotype. It is often associated with autoimmunity to type VII collagen. Here we report a child who presented with bullous systemic lupus erythematosus. Rapid resolution of the blisters occurred following treatment with dapsone.