| Abstract | A case of bullous pemphigoid responding to niacinamide as monotherapy is reported. Clinically, the patient presented with bullous lesions localized to the left breast. She had a history of a left breast mastectomy for breast cancer. This was followed by radiation therapy to the left chest wall and delayed left breast reconstruction achieved with a transposition flap of the latissimus dorsi muscle. There have been reports of bullous pemphigoid treated with a combination of tetracycline and niacinamide. This is the first report, to our knowledge, of a case of bullous pemphigoid responding to niacinamide alone. |
| Authors | B A Honl, D M Elston
(Affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas USA.)
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| Journal | Cutis; cutaneous medicine for the practitioner
(Cutis)
Vol. 62
Issue 2
Pg. 85-6
(Aug 1998)
ISSN: 0011-4162 UNITED STATES |
| PMID | 9714904
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Chemical References |
- Dermatologic Agents
- Niacinamide
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| Topics |
- Autoimmune Diseases
(diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
- Breast Diseases
(diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, pathology)
- Dermatologic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Mammaplasty
- Middle Aged
- Niacinamide
(therapeutic use)
- Pemphigoid, Bullous
(diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, pathology)
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