Chronic Renal Graft Rejection-associated Bullous Pemphigoid: A Cross-reactive Immune Response?

Abstract

Rare cases of immune disturbances after solid organ grafting have been described, mainly autoimmune hepatitis, bullous autoimmune skin diseases, and autoimmune cytopaenia. We describe here a patient who developed two similar flares of bullous pemphigoid (BP) in a setting of recurrent chronic renal graft rejection.