Bullous Pemphigoid Triggered by Sergery for Hip Replacement

Abstract

Bullous Pemphigoid (BP) is a rare immune-mediated disease that occurs with recurrent exudative lesions. Despite the genetic determination, the clinical manifestation of the disease is mainly in old age. A number of triggers have been described in the literature, including exposome factors, medications, vaccines, trauma, and a number of others. On the other hand, in most of the cases the trigger factor remains unspecified. We present a case of a 76-year-old patient diagnosed with BP. The disease began 2 weeks after the surgery for hip replacement with the appearance of bullae on the skin at the site of surgical intervention.