Dermatitis herpetiformis: a review of 119 cases

Abstract

Relatively little is known about the occurrence of neurocysticercosis in northeastern Brazil. There have been no published reports from the state of Ceará, but a review of the records at the Hospital São José in Fortaleza, Brazil identified 119 patients with neurocysticercosis diagnosed between January 1988 and April 1994. Patients came from 43 municipalities in Ceará. Their ages ranged from five to 74 years; the greatest number of cases were in persons 10-40 years of age; 63% were males. Seizures were the presenting complaint in 64% of the patients and headache in 22%. Two patients, each with several hundred intracranial lesions, presented with mental status changes; one was initially given the clinical diagnosis of viral meningoencephalitis. Computed tomography scans showed that 44% of the patients had five or more lesions. Cysts were found throughout the brain. The parietal lobe was the most frequent site of involvement; 85% of patients had one or more lesions there. The brain stem was involved in 8%. There was no consistent association between the severity of the clinical abnormalities and the radiologic findings. Computed tomography of the thighs was done in 10 persons; cysts were identified in nine.

Clinical, histological and immunpathological findings in 32 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis Duhring

“…DH is somewhat more common in men than in women with the ratio of 1.5 : 1 that is observed corresponding to the literature. The average age of somewhat over 40 years observed here also corresponds to the results of various large studies in other European nations and the USA [10–12].…”

Autoantibodies against epidermal transglutaminase are a sensitive diagnostic marker in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis on a normal or gluten-free diet

“…Interestingly, rare cases of DH, developing in patients with GSE despite a strict GFD, have been reported in the literature. [14][15][16] In our patient, at the time of GSE diagnosis, anti-tTG antibodies were found to be elevated and disappeared completely after 6 months of a GFD. When the patient was given a diagnosis of DH 18 months later, only anti-eTG but not anti-tTG antibodies were found.…”

Epidemiology and Clinical Pattern of Atopic Dermatitis in a North Indian Pediatric Population

“…In an earlier study (33) we found nevus depigmentosis to be significantly associated with AD in children. Other associations are gluten-sensitive enteropathy (34), adult coeliac disease ( 3 9 , and dermatitis herpetiformis (36,37). Migraine has also been occasionally found to be associated with AD (1 1,12).…”