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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 415-417 |
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Bullous pemphigoid induced by metamizole in a pediatric patient
Isa An1, Derya Ucmak1, Ibrahim Ibiloglu2
1 Department of Dermatology, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey
2 Department of Pathology, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Isa An
Department of Dermatology, Dicle University, Sur/Diyarbakir
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_209_17
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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune bullous disease commonly seen in adult population but rarely encountered in the pediatric population. Although the exact etiology of BP remains unclear, various vaccines, infectious agents, and drug use have been blamed in the etiology of BP. Here, we present a 14-year-old patient who developed BP after using metamizole and whose diagnosis was clinically and histopathologically confirmed.
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