Bullous dermatosis on legs of elderly: A new clinical entity?
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- Ishibashi Takayuki
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Jinnin Masatoshi
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Kajihara Ikko
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Fukushima Satoshi
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Ihn Hironobu
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
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Abstract
<p>A lot of diseases occur on the skin of elderly persons. We report four elderly cases of bullous dermatosis that did not meet various differential diagnoses. Japanese, heart failure, atrophic skin and leg edema probably due to aging, as well as flaccid or tense bullae localized in legs were the common factors to our patients. Such conditions may be increased in coming aging society. Accordingly, it is worth regarding such symptom as the new clinical entity, which may comfort patients with similar condition and attract further attention.</p>
Journal
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- Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics
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Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics 11 (6), 346-348, 2017
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