Dermatitis herpetiformis
Excoriated vesicles on the knee in dermatitis herpetiformis. A single intact vesicle is visible over the tibial tubercle (DH-patient 2)
Keywords: Autoimmune blistering disease, Clinical image, Dietary gluten sensitivity, Duhring-brocq disease, Excoriated papules, Extensor leg, Knee, Male, Mild grouped papulovesicular eruption, Vesicle
What is dermatitis herpetiformis?
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an inflammatory immunobullous disease of the skin and a cutaneous manifestation of coeliac (celiac) disease, a gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
© Dr Lawrence Meyerson
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