ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the demographic and etiologic features of 17 bullous pemphigoid patients.

Between June 2010 - June 2012, the records of 17 inpatients with bullous pemphigoid were evaluated, retrospectively. Associated neurological diseases, malignancies and drug intake were analyzed.

Eight patients presented with associated neurologic diseases, three patients with drug intake, two patients with Levodopa and one patient with fosinopril. Detailed malignancy investigations revealed no related malignancies.

In the present study the frequency of neurological diseases among bullous pemphigoid patients were often. Neurological diseases were considered to be as a trigger factor for inducing bullous pemfigoid.

Keywords: Bullous pemphigoid, neurological disease, retrospective study, associated diseases