[Pemphigoid and cerebral infarct. Syntropy of 2 diseases? Case report].

Abstract

We report on two patients who suffered from bullous pemphigoid and developed cerebral infarctions during the course of this autoimmune dermatosis. The first patient who had a bullous dermatosis for three weeks presented with a sudden paresis of her right arm. She improved under steroid therapy and developed a left sided hemiparesis after steroids were reduced for diagnostic purposes. The second patient developed signs of brain stem infarction during the course of full-blown bullous pemphigoid. Neither patient had known risk factors, signs of atherosclerosis or cardiac embolism. Both patients improved with steroids and azathioprine.

• Authors: U Dickmann, G Ritter, H Kretzschmar
• Journal: Der Nervenarzt (Nervenarzt) Vol. 57 Issue 5 Pg. 309-10 (May 1986) ISSN: 0028-2804 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Pemphigoid und Hirninfarkt. Syntropie zweier Krankheiten? Fallbericht.
• PMID: 3523267 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Prednisone

Topics

• Aged
• Cerebral Infarction (drug therapy, etiology)
• Electroencephalography
• Female
• Humans
• Pemphigoid, Bullous (complications, drug therapy)
• Prednisone (therapeutic use)
• Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous (complications)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed