Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) merupakan penyakit kulit autoimun kronik-residif akibat proses sekunder hipersensitivitas terhadap gluten. Kejadian DH tinggi pada populasi dengan predisposisi genetik HLA-DQ2 atau DQ8. Manifestasi klinis berupa lesi polimorfik ruam papulo-vesikular papul-eskoriasi didominasi rasa gatal. Baku emas diagnosis adalah pemeriksaan DIF didapatkan deposit imunoglobulin (I...

1 Section of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy 2 Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 3Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine and Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, 67 Asahimachi, Fukuoka Kurume 830-0011, ...

Five of 33 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) were found to have gastric parietal cell antibody in their sera, whereas it was not found in 30 healthy controls of comparable age distribution. Fifteen of the patients with DH underwent further studies to investigate the histological and functional state of their gastric mucosa. Atrophic gastritis was found in all five patients whose sera ...

Dermatitis herpetiformis DH is a rare, intensely pruritic, chronic, recurrent, papulovesicular disease. The disease can be clearly distinguished from the other subepidermal blistering eruptions by histologic, immunologic, and gastrointestinal criteria. Most patients have an associated gluten-sensitive enteropathy GSE that is usually asymptomatic. Both enteropathy and the dermatologic findings d...

Common skin conditions during pregnancy generally can be separated into three categories: hormone-related, preexisting, and pregnancy-specific. Normal hormone changes during pregnancy may cause benign skin conditions including striae gravidarum (stretch marks); hyperpigmentation (e.g., melasma); and hair, nail, and vascular changes. Preexisting skin conditions (e.g., atopic dermatitis, psoriasi...