Vesiculobullous disease

Vesiculobullous disease
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A vesiculobullous disease is a type of mucocutaneous disease characterized by vesicles and bullae (i.e. blisters). Both vesicles and bullae are fluid-filled lesions, and they are distinguished by size (vesicles being less than 5–10 mm and bulla being larger than 5–10 mm, depending upon which definition is used). In the case of vesiculobullous diseases which are also immune disorders, the term immunobullous<ref>,

 Direct Immunofluorescence Testing in the Diagnosis of Immunobullous Disease, Collagen Vascular Disease, and Vascular Injury Syndromes, 
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• Infectious: (viral)
  • Herpes simplex
  • Varicella-Zoster infection
  • Hand, foot and mouth disease
  • Herpangina
  • Measles (Rubeola)
• Immunobullous:
  • Pemphigus vulgaris<ref>Williams DM,

 Vesiculobullous mucocutaneous disease: pemphigus vulgaris, 
 J. Oral Pathol. Med., 
 
 Vol. 18(Issue: 10),
 pp. 544–53,
 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1989.tb01551.x,
 PMID: 2695619,</ref>

• • Pemphigoid
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis[1]
  • Linear immunoglobulin-A disease (linear IgA disease)
• Genetic:
  • Epidermolysis bullosa<ref name="pmid18718200">,

 Vesiculobullous lesions in lipoid proteinosis: a case report, 
 Dermatol. Online J., 
 2008,
 Vol. 14(Issue: 7),
 pp. 16,
 
 PMID: 18718200,
 
 
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Some features are as follows:

Name	Acantholysis?	Ig
epidermolysis bullosa	yes	mostly IgG
bullous pemphigoid	no	mostly IgG
dermatitis herpetiformis	no	IgA

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