Abstract

PIGEON OLIVEROS, Humberto; RUIZ MALDONADO, Ramón  and  MENA CEDILLOS, Carlos A. Enfermedad crónica ampollosa de la infancia por IgA lineal. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2004, vol.61, n.2, pp.149-154. ISSN 1665-1146.

Introduction. To the best our knowledge this the first case of linear IgA chronic bullous dermatosis of infancy reported in Mexico. Case report. The clinical features of the patient: disseminated vesicular lesions in "closter of jewels" configuration, chronic evolution, and good general health, suggested the diagnosis Confirmation was obtained through immunopathologic study of a lesion showing linear IgA deposits in the epidermal basal cell membrane. Treatment with dapsone resulted in control of the disease. Conclusions. The clinical characteristics and immunopathological studies made possible the diagnosis of the disease.

Keywords : Linear IgA bullous chronic dermatosis of the infancy; dapsone.