Dermatitis herpetiformis

A chronic autoimmune subepidermal bullous disease characterized by grouped pruritic lesions such as papules, urticarial plaques, erythema, and herpetiform vesiculae, with a predominantly symmetrical distribution on extensor surfaces of the elbows (90%), knees (30%), shoulders, buttocks, sacral region, and face of children and adults. Erosions, excoriations and hyperpigmentation usually follow. It may also appear as a consequence of gluten intolerance.

Nephropathy

A nonspecific term referring to disease or damage of the kidneys.


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PMID (PMCID)
19625370
 MALE Middle Aged
Coeliac sprue-associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN).
Jhaveri KD, D'Agati VD, Pursell R, Serur D.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009;24(11):3545-8.
Coeliac sprue (CS) may occur in association with immune complex-mediated diseases, including IgA nephropathy, dermatitis herpetiformis and thyroiditis.
15586305
 FEMALE Adult
Midaortic syndrome and celiac disease: a case of local vasculitis.
Stadlmaier E, Spary A, Tillich M, Pilger E.
Clin Rheumatol. 2005;24(3):301-4.
It is known to be associated with a variety of other autoimmune disorders, e.g., dermatitis herpetiformis (Duhring's disease), insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and IgA nephropathy.
1519606
 MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
The occurrence of IgA-nephropathy in patients with diabetes mellitus may not be coincidental: a report of five cases.
Gans RO, Ueda Y, Ito S, Kohli R, Min I, Shafi M, Brentjens JR.
Am J Kidney Dis. 1992;20(3):255-60.
The observation of the present five cases together with the notion of an increased prevalence in diabetes mellitus of celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis suggests that the occurrence of IgA-nephropathy in diabetic patients is not mere coincidence.
3674013
 FEMALE Adult
Striking elevation of serum IgA, IgA-containing immune complexes, and IgA rheumatoid factor in clinically silent dermatitis herpetiformis.
Julian BA, Czerkinsky C, Russell MW, Galla JH, Koopman WJ, Mestecky J, Moldoveanu Z, Jackson S.
Am J Kidney Dis. 1987;10(5):378-84.
We describe a patient with dermatitis herpetiformis with immunoglobulin A (IgA)-containing circulating immune complexes and IgA rheumatoid factor who presented with acute renal insufficiency; a renal biopsy specimen showed IgA nephropathy.
6601939
 FEMALE Adult
IgA nephropathy associated with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis.
Helin H, Mustonen J, Reunala T, Pasternack A.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1983;107(6):324-7.
IgA nephropathy was found in three patients with celiac disease; two of them also had dermatitis herpetiformis.