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Coexistence of acquired perforating dermatosis and bullous pemphigoid: three cases Volume 27, issue 2, March-April 2017

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1 Department of Dermatology,
Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Hospital,
Shizuoka,
Japan
2 Department of Dermatology,
Tachikawa Hospital,
Tokyo,
Japan
3 Department of Dermatology,
Nippon Medical School,
Tokyo,
Japan
4 Department of Dermatology,
Kurume University School of Medicine,
and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology,
Fukuoka,
Japan
The present address of Yayoi Niimi is Okumura Dermatology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Both acquired perforating dermatosis (APD) and bullous pemphigoid (BP) are associated with a wide variety of systemic and cutaneous disorders [1, 2]. However, coexistence of APD and BP has never been reported. Herein, we describe three patients with coexisting BP and APD. The patients had several common features, suggesting that this condition is a new and unique clinical presentation associated with BP.Patient 1 was a 65-year-old male who presented with a three-month history of pruritic skin lesions [...]