Celiac Disease Presenting with Chilblains in an Adolescent Girl

: Chilblains, or pernio, are cutaneous lesions that may accompany systemic illnesses including states of malnutrition and autoimmune diseases. We report an adolescent girl in whom chilblains were the chief presenting sign of celiac disease. A gluten‐free diet led to weight gain and resolution of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric dermatology 2006-09, Vol.23 (5), p.451-454
Hauptverfasser:	Clair, Nicole E. St, Kim, Caroline Choi, Semrin, Gaith, Woodward, Amy L., Liang, Marilyn G., Glickman, Jonathan N., Leichtner, Alan M., Binstadt, Bryce A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Celiac Disease - complications Celiac Disease - diagnosis Celiac Disease - diet therapy Chilblains - etiology Dermatology Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Injuries of the skin. Diseases of the skin due to physical agents Medical sciences Other diseases. Semiology Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Zusammenfassung:	: Chilblains, or pernio, are cutaneous lesions that may accompany systemic illnesses including states of malnutrition and autoimmune diseases. We report an adolescent girl in whom chilblains were the chief presenting sign of celiac disease. A gluten‐free diet led to weight gain and resolution of the chilblains. We speculate that in this patient, weight loss due to celiac disease contributed to the development of chilblains.
ISSN:	0736-8046 1525-1470
DOI:	10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00281.x