Dermatologic Research And Therapy
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Bullous Pemphigoid Triggered by Artificial Hip Made of Titanium Alloy: A Case Report and Review of Triggers for Bullous Pemphigoid
Nov 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2471-2175.jdrt-15-698
Xiang Wen-ZhongCorresponding author
Department of Dermatology, Third Hospital of Hangzhou, Affiliated Hangzhou Clinical College, Anhui Medical University.
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is one of the most common autoimmune blistering diseases. Here, we report an old woman presented with a 2-month history of bullous lesions located just over the skin of the right thigh and buttock where the orthopedics operation was performed using artificial hip made of titanium alloy and a twenty days history of similar lesions involving the rest of the body gradually.