CLINICAL FEATURES OF PEMPHIGOID PATIENTS AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY IN 2021-2022

Ngân Giang Phạm 1,, Hữu Doanh Lê1, Thị Hà Vinh Nguyễn1
1 Hanoi medical university

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Bullous Pemphigoid accounts for the highest proportion of autoimmune subepidermal bullous diseases. In Vietnam, the prevalence of Pemphigoid in the total number of autoimmune bullous diseases is 9.9%. This disease needs to be detected early and treated promptly, in order to minimize the rate of complications, morbidity and mortality. A cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the clinical characteristics of Pemphigoid patients at the National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology in 2021-2022. 42 newly diagnosed patients enrolled in the study. The results indicated that average age of of the patients was 73.21 ± 12.93. Age group 70-89 years old accounted for the largest proportion (42.9%). 97.6% of patients only had skin lesions. The extremities and flexural regions are the common sites of lesion onset (54.8%). Pemphigoid patients had a relatively high prevalence of diabetes and neuropathy co-morbidities (33.3% and 23.8%, respectively).

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