Childhood lichen planus pemphigoides: report of two cases treated successfully with systemic glucocorticoids and dapsone

Ilana Goldscheider; Thomas Herzinger; Rita Varga; Rüdiger Eming; Thomas Ruzicka; Michael J Flaig; Miklós Sárdy

doi:10.1111/pde.12214

Childhood lichen planus pemphigoides: report of two cases treated successfully with systemic glucocorticoids and dapsone

Pediatr Dermatol. 2014 Nov-Dec;31(6):751-3. doi: 10.1111/pde.12214. Epub 2013 Oct 21.

Authors

Ilana Goldscheider¹, Thomas Herzinger, Rita Varga, Rüdiger Eming, Thomas Ruzicka, Michael J Flaig, Miklós Sárdy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 24138413
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12214

Abstract

We describe two boys, ages 8 and 7 years, who developed lichen planus pemphigoides. In one of the boys, a henna tattoo probably triggered the disease. Therapy with systemic glucocorticoids and dapsone was successful.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
Child
Dapsone / therapeutic use*
Diagnosis, Differential
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
Humans
Lichen Planus / complications*
Lichen Planus / drug therapy*
Male
Pemphigoid, Bullous / complications*
Pemphigoid, Bullous / drug therapy*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Glucocorticoids
Dapsone