acquired epidermolysis bullosa
MONDO:0018747Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names acquired epidermolysis bullosa yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is a subepidermal bullous dermatosis of autoimmune origin that was named as a result of its resemblance to hereditary forms of epidermolysis bullosa (HEB), most notably dystrophic HEB.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018747), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
10 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal blistering of the skinHPOHP:0008066
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal hair morphologyHPOHP:0001595
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MiliaHPOHP:0001056
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Atypical scarring of skinHPOHP:0000987
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Diabetes mellitusHPOHP:0000819
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Hyperpigmentation of the skinHPOHP:0000953
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Inflammation of the large intestineHPOHP:0002037
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Nail dystrophyHPOHP:0008404
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- PruritusHPOHP:0000989
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: acquired epidermolysis bullosa
- Also called
- EBAepidermolysis bullosa acquisitaepidermolysis bullosa Aquisita