Childhood cicatricial pemphigoid confined to the vulva

• Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 63 - 64
• Main Authors: Hoque, S. R., Patel, M., Farrell, A. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.01.2006; Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Administration, Topical; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage; Betamethasone Valerate - administration & dosage; Biological and medical sciences; Bullous diseases of the skin; Child; Clobetasol - administration & dosage; Clobetasol - analogs & derivatives; Dermatology; Female; Humans; Medical sciences; Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane - drug therapy; Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane - pathology; Treatment Outcome; Vulvar Diseases - drug therapy; Vulvar Diseases - pathology; Bullous dermatosis; Human; Skin disease; Scarring pemphigoid; Stomatology; Dermatology; Autoimmune disease; Vulva; Conjunctiva disease; Female genital diseases; Case study; Eye disease; Oral cavity disease; Mucosa disease; Child
• ISSN: 0307-6938; 1365-2230
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01955.x

Summary Cicatricial pemphigoid or benign mucous membrane pemphigoid is an autoimmune bullous disease predominantly affecting the mucosal surfaces and healing with scar formation. Localized cicatricial pemphigoid of the vulva in children is rare. We present a child with this rare condition who was initially investigated on suspicion of her being subjected to child sexual abuse, and discuss its management.