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Ocular Involvement in Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
Manfred Zierhut, MD;
Hans-Jürgen Thiel, MD;
Egon G. Weidle, MD;
Klaus-Peter Steuhl, MD;
Karsten Sönnichsen, MD;
Gundula Schaumburg-Lever, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1989;107(3):398-401.
Abstract
• A 23-year-old man had epidermolysis bullosa acquisita that was diagnosed at the age of 20 years. The eye examination showed bilateral, small subepithelial vesicles in the cornea. The direct immunofluorescence microscopic examination of the conjunctiva revealed homogeneous, linear IgG and fibrinogen deposits in the basement membrane area. The same pattern appeared in the skin biopsy specimen. No systemic disease common to epidermolysis bullosa acquisita was found in the patient.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Ophthalmology (Drs Zierhut, Thiel, Weidle, and Steuhl) and Dermatology (Drs Sönnichsen and Schaumburg-Lever), Eberhard-Karls' Universität, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 29, 1988.
Reprint requests to Universitäts-Augenklinik, Schleichstr 12, D-7400 Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany (Dr Zierhut).
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