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Jamie Loveless

Diagnosis

dermatitis herpetiformis

Body Site

elbow arm

Age

58 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This healthy woman with not gastrointestinal symptoms complained of an itchy eruption on her elbows, back and legs for over a year. Histopathology and direct immunofluorescence demonstrated findings typical of dermatitis herpetiformis

Description

symmetric acral excoriated papules and crusted vesicles

Categories

vesiculobullous eruptions, immunobullous vesiculobullous eruptions

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4/29/2007 20:58:53

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