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What is your approach to management of radiation-induced bullous pemphigoid?

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Radiation Oncology · Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

Bullous Pemphigoid (BP) is a pruritic autoimmune blistering disease characterized by tense bullae that is rarely caused by radiotherapy. There have been >30 reports in the literature related to RT with most being localized to the radiated location, with rare reports of BP at non-irradiated sites or ...

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