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Milia within resolving bullous pemphigoid lesions
Rahaf Alturkistani, Alhusain Alshareef, Yara Alghamdi1
1Department of Dermatology, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Yara.saeed.Gh@Gmail.com.
Abstract:
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease that is characterized by pruritus, cutaneous urticarial plaques, and tense bullae, with mucosal involvement. On histopathology, a subepidermal blister is predominantly evident with eosinophilic inflammatory infiltrates in the upper dermis. In a few bullous dermatoses, milia can manifest at the scar of blistering lesions or in non-lesional skin. Milia are classically associated with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, porphyria cutanea tarda, and mucous membrane pemphigoid. We report a case of bullous pemphigoid with milia manifesting within healing blistering lesions.

