Dermatitis Herpetiformis in a Man Aged 58

Dermatitis herpetiformis.

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an autoimmune, pleiomorphic, papulovesicular disorder associated with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. DH is characterized by subepidermal bullae on hematoxylin and eosin staining and granular immunoglobulin A deposits in the dermal papillae using the direct immunofluorescence method. Antibodies to tissue transglutaminase and epidermal transgulatminase can...

Dermatitis herpetiformis.

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), described over 100 years ago, is a life-long blistering skin disease that can appear at any age. Dapsone controls the rash effectively and has been used for over 50 years in the treatment of DH. Major landmark in the research of DH was 30 years ago the discovery of granular IgA deposits in the upper papillary dermis,1 and further differentiation of an autoimmune d...

Dermatitis herpetiformis and vitiligo.

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a rare immunobullous disorder of the skin that is associated with gluten hypersensitivity. Subepidermal IgA-type antibody deposition against tissue transglutaminase leads to dense neutrophilic microabscess and eventually into vesicles in dermal papillae, which may occasionally merge into bullae. Being a subepidermal vesiculobullous disorder, DH is frequently ass...

Antigliadin antibodies in dermatitis herpetiformis.

DERMATITIS herpetiformis (DH) is an intensely itchy dermatosis of a chronic nature. Although the lesions most often consist of tense vesicles grouped on the extensor surfaces of the body, they may also be erythematous, urticarial or papular and more diffuse. As a result of the intense itch the lesions are excoriated and frequently present as small crusted areas. Thus other parameters are necess...

Dermatitis Herpetiformis: A Clinical Study