Autoimmune bullous eruption localized to a breast reconstruction site: response to niacinamide.

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
• Journal: Cutis (Cutis) Vol. 62 Issue 2 Pg. 85-6 (Aug 1998) ISSN: 0011-4162 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9714904 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Dermatologic Agents
• Niacinamide

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)