Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Important One liners :Dermat

  • Porphyria Cutanea Tarda:
4th-5th Decade
Precipitating factors:-
Alcohol,Iron, Estrogen hence birth control pills,exposure to sun
Blisters not healing or healing by scarring on sunexposed areas
Treatment;Chloroquine and phlebotomy

  • Pemphigus Vulgaris:
seen in fourth-fifth decade
Skin shows autoantobodies against intercellular antigens hence shows acantholysis.

  • Bullous Pemphigoid:

70-80 yrs age and Blisters at dermo-epidermal junction

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