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bulla; bleb

In dermatology: - a macroscopic term referring to fluid-filled raised area > 1 cm across; a large blister - bullae may be tense or flaccid - may be on a base of normal or erythematous skin Etiology: 1) friction blister 2) contact dermatitis (posion oak, poison ivy) 3) 2nd degree burns 4) bullous impetigo 5) pemphigus 6) pemphigoid 7) toxic epidermal necrolysis 8) Stevens-Johnson syndrome 9) disseminated Varicella 10) Herpes simplex infection 11) ischemia (coma bullae) 12) diabetic bullae 13) porphyria a) porphyria cutanea tarda b) porphyria variegata c) pseudoporphyria 14) bullous dermatosis of hemodialysis

Related

bullous lung disease vesicular lesion; blister vesiculobullous dermatitis

Specific

flaccid bullae pulmonary bulla

General

skin lesion

References

  1. Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, 5th ed. W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1994 pg 1174
  2. DeGowin & DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 6th edition, RL DeGowin (ed), McGraw Hill, NY 1994, pg 55
  3. H. Quinny Cheng, USSF Fresno lecture, Oct 21, 1998
  4. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 320
  5. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2018.