Brunsting-Perry syndrome

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Alternate names

Localized cicatricial pemphigoid; Brunsting Perry syndrome; Cicatricial pemphigoid of the Brunsting-Perry type

Definition

Brunsting-Perry pemphigoid, an autoimmune blistering disease with only about 60 reported cases, is considered a subtype of either cicatricial pemphigoid, bullous pemphigoid or epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.[1][1].

References

  1. Eichhoff G. (2019). Brunsting-Perry Pemphigoid as Differential Diagnosis of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer. Cureus, 11(8), e5400. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5400

NIH genetic and rare disease info

Brunsting-Perry syndrome is a rare disease.


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