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Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Health Sciences of Abomey-Calavi University, Cotonou, Benin
Dr. Dégboé Bérénice belongs to Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Health Sciences of Abomey-Calavi University, Cotonou, Benin. His research interest includes Dermatology, Skin, Clinical Dermatology, Skin Biology, Dermatosurgery, Pediatric Dermatology. |
Case Report
A Diffuse Bullous Cutaneous Mastocytosis Mimicking a Bullous
Toxidermia in a Black Child
Author(s): Dégboé Bérénice*, Koudoukpo Christiane, Kouassi Alida, Agbéssi Nadège, Gaulier Alain, Akpadjan Fabrice, Mensah Prisca, Ngolo Pascaline, Adégbidi Hugues and Atadokpèdé Félix
We report a 16-month-old black girl received at emergency with a history of generalized and itchy bullous and post-bullous eruption occurred 24 hours after administrating ibuprofen for acute otitis. The diagnosis of bullous toxidermia was retained and the evolution was quickly favorable. She was seen seventy-two hours after leaving hospital for pruritic papulo-vesiculo-bullae located on the head, face, necklines, buttocks, perineum and legs after eating crustacean on the day before. The biopsy of a papulo-bullae lesion led to (after the different stains (hematoxylin, Giemsa, toluidine blue) corroborating with immunohistochemical typing with anti CD117) the diagnosis of bullous cutaneous mastocytosis... View More»