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- Title
Celiac Disease Presenting with Chilblains in an Adolescent Girl.
- Authors
St. Clair, Nicole E.; Kim, Caroline Choi; Semrin, Gaith; Woodward, Amy L.; Liang, Marilyn G.; Glickman, Jonathan N.; Leichtner, Alan M.; Binstadt, Bryce A.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
CHILBLAINS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of cold temperatures; FROSTBITE; SKIN diseases; PRECANCEROUS conditions
- Publication
Pediatric Dermatology, 2006, Vol 23, Issue 5, p451
- ISSN
0736-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00281.x