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Blister

MedGen UID:
14155
Concept ID:
C0005758
Finding
Synonyms: Bleb; Blebs; Blisters; Bulla; Bullae; Bullous Lesion; Bullous Lesions; Lesion, Bullous; Lesions, Bullous; Vesication; Vesications
SNOMED CT: Blister (339008); Bulla (339008); Bleb (339008); Blisters (339008); Blistering (339008)

Definition

A fluid-filled, raised, often translucent lesion, greater than 1 cm in diameter [from SNOMEDCT_US]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBlister

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Meling TR
Neurosurg Rev 2017 Oct;40(4):587-593. Epub 2017 Aug 17 doi: 10.1007/s10143-017-0893-1. PMID: 28819696
Peitz GW, Sy CA, Grandhi R
Neurosurg Focus 2017 Jun;42(6):E12. doi: 10.3171/2017.3.FOCUS1751. PMID: 28565977
Bernard P, Antonicelli F
Am J Clin Dermatol 2017 Aug;18(4):513-528. doi: 10.1007/s40257-017-0264-2. PMID: 28247089

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Reidy J, Faulder K, Davidson K, Harrington T, Steinfort B, Assaad N, Dexter M, Ma A
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Jun 24;46(1):147. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-02065-6. PMID: 37355489
Kneiber D, Kowalski EH, Amber KT
Adv Exp Med Biol 2022;1367:173-212. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92616-8_8. PMID: 35286697
Peschillo S, Cannizzaro D, Caporlingua A, Missori P
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2016 May;37(5):856-61. Epub 2015 Dec 3 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4606. PMID: 26635287Free PMC Article
Grinspan D, Abulafia J, Lanfranchi H
Int J Dermatol 1999 Jul;38(7):525-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00682.x. PMID: 10440282
Giordano CP, Koval KJ, Zuckerman JD, Desai P
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1994 Oct;(307):214-21. PMID: 7924035

Diagnosis

Mee JB
Br J Biomed Sci 2023;80:11809. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/bjbs.2023.11809. PMID: 38074463Free PMC Article
Reidy J, Faulder K, Davidson K, Harrington T, Steinfort B, Assaad N, Dexter M, Ma A
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Jun 24;46(1):147. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-02065-6. PMID: 37355489
Xia H, Mo XH, Yang LJ, Yang H, Tan JW, Yu Q, Zhang PF, Tan F
Mycoses 2022 Oct;65(10):969-975. Epub 2022 Jul 25 doi: 10.1111/myc.13494. PMID: 35815924
Zapata J, Price E, Wlodarczyk S
J Gen Intern Med 2022 Aug;37(11):2866. Epub 2022 Apr 13 doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07568-4. PMID: 35419743Free PMC Article
Grinspan D, Abulafia J, Lanfranchi H
Int J Dermatol 1999 Jul;38(7):525-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00682.x. PMID: 10440282

Therapy

Norman G, Shi C, Goh EL, Murphy EM, Reid A, Chiverton L, Stankiewicz M, Dumville JC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Apr 26;4(4):CD009261. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009261.pub7. PMID: 35471497Free PMC Article
Tuuli MG, Liu J, Tita ATN, Longo S, Trudell A, Carter EB, Shanks A, Woolfolk C, Caughey AB, Warren DK, Odibo AO, Colditz G, Macones GA, Harper L
JAMA 2020 Sep 22;324(12):1180-1189. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.13361. PMID: 32960242Free PMC Article
Webster J, Liu Z, Norman G, Dumville JC, Chiverton L, Scuffham P, Stankiewicz M, Chaboyer WP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Mar 26;3(3):CD009261. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009261.pub4. PMID: 30912582Free PMC Article
Wang CW, Yang LY, Chen CB, Ho HC, Hung SI, Yang CH, Chang CJ, Su SC, Hui RC, Chin SW, Huang LF, Lin YY, Chang WY, Fan WL, Yang CY, Ho JC, Chang YC, Lu CW, Chung WH; the Taiwan Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reaction (TSCAR) Consortium
J Clin Invest 2018 Mar 1;128(3):985-996. Epub 2018 Feb 5 doi: 10.1172/JCI93349. PMID: 29400697Free PMC Article
Darkes MJ, Plosker GL
Drugs 2002;62(2):319-36; discussion 337-8. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200262020-00006. PMID: 11817976

Prognosis

Mee JB
Br J Biomed Sci 2023;80:11809. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/bjbs.2023.11809. PMID: 38074463Free PMC Article
Zeng FAP, Murrell DF
Vet Dermatol 2021 Dec;32(6):524-e145. Epub 2021 Aug 5 doi: 10.1111/vde.13008. PMID: 34351020
Bardhan A, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Chapple ILC, Fine JD, Harper N, Has C, Magin TM, Marinkovich MP, Marshall JF, McGrath JA, Mellerio JE, Polson R, Heagerty AH
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Sep 24;6(1):78. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0210-0. PMID: 32973163
Mockenhaupt M
Acta Derm Venereol 2020 Feb 12;100(5):adv00057. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3408. PMID: 32039459Free PMC Article
Yu WY, Wei ML
JAMA Dermatol 2019 Feb 1;155(2):237. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.3277. PMID: 30540360

Clinical prediction guides

Waters M, Dobry A, Le ST, Shinkai K, Beachkofsky TM, Davis MDP, Dominguez AR, Kroshinsky D, Markova A, Micheletti RG, Mostaghimi A, Pasieka HB, Rosenbach M, Seminario-Vidal L, Trinidad J, Albrecht J, Altman EM, Arakaki R, Ardern-Jones M, Bridges AG, Cardones AR, Chadha AA, Chen JK, Chen ST, Cheng K, Daveluy S, DeNiro KL, Harp J, Keller JJ, King B, Korman AM, Lowenstein EJ, Luxenberg E, Mancuso JB, Mauskar MM, Milam P, Motaparthi K, Nelson CA, Nguyen CV, Nutan F, Ortega-Loayza AG, Patel T, Rahnama-Moghadam S, Rekhtman S, Rojek NW, Sarihan M, Shaigany S, Sharma TR, Shearer SM, Shields BE, Strowd LC, Tartar DM, Thomas C, Wanat KA, Walls AC, Zaba LC, Ziemer CM, Maverakis E, Kaffenberger BH
JAMA Dermatol 2023 Jul 1;159(7):772-777. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.1347. PMID: 37256599Free PMC Article
Tanaka R, Kurihara Y, Egami S, Saito Y, Ouchi T, Funakoshi T, Takahashi H, Umegaki-Arao N, Kubo A, Tanikawa A, Amagai M, Yamagami J
J Dermatol 2023 Feb;50(2):203-211. Epub 2022 Jul 31 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.16532. PMID: 35909336
Egu DT, Schmitt T, Waschke J
Front Immunol 2022;13:884067. Epub 2022 May 20 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.884067. PMID: 35720332Free PMC Article
Afsar FS, Cun S, Seremet S
Dermatol Online J 2019 Nov 15;25(11) PMID: 32045151
Serra D, Pedro Reis J, Mariano A, Machado A, Figueiredo A
J Cutan Med Surg 2010 Jul-Aug;14(4):175-7. doi: 10.2310/7750.2010.09028. PMID: 20642986

Recent systematic reviews

Norman G, Shi C, Goh EL, Murphy EM, Reid A, Chiverton L, Stankiewicz M, Dumville JC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Apr 26;4(4):CD009261. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009261.pub7. PMID: 35471497Free PMC Article
Ju HJ, Bae JM, Lee RW, Kim SH, Parsad D, Pourang A, Hamzavi I, Shourick J, Ezzedine K
JAMA Dermatol 2021 Mar 1;157(3):307-316. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.5756. PMID: 33595599Free PMC Article
Verheyden MJ, Bilgic A, Murrell DF
Acta Derm Venereol 2020 Aug 17;100(15):adv00224. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3457. PMID: 32176310Free PMC Article
Webster J, Liu Z, Norman G, Dumville JC, Chiverton L, Scuffham P, Stankiewicz M, Chaboyer WP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Mar 26;3(3):CD009261. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009261.pub4. PMID: 30912582Free PMC Article
Peschillo S, Cannizzaro D, Caporlingua A, Missori P
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2016 May;37(5):856-61. Epub 2015 Dec 3 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4606. PMID: 26635287Free PMC Article

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