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Tollefson, Megha

0000-0002-4023-9433

Mayo Clinic

Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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A rare case of childhood mucous membrane pemphigoid involving the oral and genital mucosa
Baisi, Katinna E. Rodriguez , Wentworth, Ashley B., Chattha, Asma , DiCaudo, David J. , Mangold, Aaron R. , Nelson, Steven A. , Siegfried, Elaine C. , Wieland, Carilyn N. , Tollefson, Megha M. , Rodriguez Baisi, Katinna , Wentworth, Ashley, Chattha, Asma J , Mangold, A R , Siegfried, Elaine C , Tollefson, Megha

Pediatric Dermatology | May 12, 2021 | Volume: 38 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 904-907

10.1111/pde.14627 Get It

AbstractMucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a rare chronic immunobullous disease that involves the mucous membranes and may result in significant scarring and complications if diagnosis is delayed. MMP typically occurs in elderly patients, with very few cases reported in children. Here, we present a 12‐year‐old female patient with childhood‐onset oral and genital MMP, clinically suspected to be lichen sclerosus, but eventually diagnosed as MMP after multiple supportive biopsies and confirmatory direct immunofluorescence. Although treatment was challenging, the combined use of systemic corticosteroids, dapsone, and mycophenolate mofetil was ultimately successful in achieving disease control.