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Value of routine diagnostic criteria of bullous pemphigoid.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND AND DESIGN:The clinical, histologic, and direct (DIF) and indirect (IIF) immunofluorescence findings are used in a critical, although arbitrary, manner in the routine diagnostic process of bullous pemphigoid (BP). Our purpose was to estimate their relative value. In the present retrospective study, a follow-up of at least 18 months was used as a prerequisite for the final diagnosis of BP (63 patients) and controls (n=159). RESULTS:The clinical, histologic, DIF, and IIF diagnostic criteria of BP were found to vary independently of each other. Positive DIF was the most sensitive (90.5%) typical for BP histology and positive IIF were the most specific (99%). Immunopathologic tests were the most valuable, especially in the atypical varieties of BP. Nearly 25% of patients in this group would have been misdiagnosed if IF tests had not been performed. Atypical cases (40%) seemed to represent a clinical continuum over the whole spectrum of the disease. Patients with exclusively immunoglobulin G (IgG) and C3 basal membrane zone (BMZ) deposits were significantly more often seropositive than the rest of the DIF-positive cases; however, the class of BMZ immunoreactants varied according to the site of biopsy. C3 was almost invariably deposited at the BMZ of DIF-positive patients. When Igs were also present, they were only exceptionally (5% of cases) of greater fluorescence intensity than C3. CONCLUSIONS:The combination of clinical data plus one positive immunopathologic test provide the best combination of sensitivity and specificity (98%), and seem to be most appropriate in defining patient populations for study purposes. The relationship between the classes of immunoreactants should be better evaluated with reference to the site of skin biopsy. It may be suggested, however, that the likelihood of BP existence is very low when in vivo C3 is absent or of lower intensity of fluorescence than the concomitant Ig(s).

journal_name

Int J Dermatol

journal_title

International journal of dermatology

authors

Chaidemenos GC,Maltezos E,Chrysomallis F,Kouskoukis K,Kapetis E,Mourellou O,Gotsis N

doi

10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00271.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-03-01 00:00:00

pages

206-10

issue

eissn

0011-9059

issn

1365-4632

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Value of routine diagnostic criteria of bullous pemphigoid.