Celiac disease presenting as dermatitis herpetiformis: A case report

Celiac disease presenting as dermatitis herpetiformis: A case report

Dermatitis herpetiformis, a specific cutaneous manifestation of Celiac disease, is characterized by herpetiform clusters of pruritic urticated papules and vesicles on the skin and granular IgA deposits in the dermal papillae. In the present report, we describe a case of 39-year old male wh...

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Main Authors: Ali Kirik, Sinan Ozcelik, Eren Altun, Figen Aslan, Gulhan Zorgor Ucdu, Teoman Dogru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2020-12-01
Series:Medicine Science
Subjects:
dermatitis herpetiformis
celiac disease
autoimmune disease
Online Access:http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=118310
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Summary:Dermatitis herpetiformis, a specific cutaneous manifestation of Celiac disease, is characterized by herpetiform clusters of pruritic urticated papules and vesicles on the skin and granular IgA deposits in the dermal papillae. In the present report, we describe a case of 39-year old male who is previously diagnosed as DH, and after this diagnosis he was serologically and histologically confirmed to have CD. [Med-Science 2020; 9(4.000): 1083-5]
ISSN:2147-0634

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