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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 35, 2022 - Issue 3
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Case Studies

The clinical evolution of lichen planus pemphigoides

, BSORCID Icon, , MD, PhD, PharmD, MPH & , MD
Pages 352-353 | Received 01 Oct 2021, Accepted 20 Dec 2021, Published online: 04 Feb 2022
 

Abstract

Lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP) is a rare autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease characterized by lichenoid and bullous lesions. LPP is generally thought to be idiopathic, possibly related to medication or malignancy, or potentially the result of long-standing lichenoid inflammation damaging the basement membrane zone leading to epitope spreading. The histological appearance of lichenoid and bullous lesions in LPP resembles findings of lichen planus and bullous pemphigoid, respectively. We present a case of LPP in a 64-year-old woman with a brief historical review of the establishment of LPP as a separate disease entity and a discussion of similarities and differences of LPP with other lichenoid and blistering dermatoses.

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