Dermatitis herpetiformis associated with relapsing polychondritis.
A 35-year-old woman developed typical relapsing polychondritis within a year following the onset of dermatitis herpetiformis. This occurred during a reduction in the dapsone dose regimen. To our knowledge, the coexistence of these two conditions in a single patient has not yet been reported in the literature. Both the parallel course and the good response to dapsone suggest a pathogenic link between these two diseases.
Laurent
R
R
Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Saint Jacques, Besançon, France.
Humbert
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P
Fellman
D
D
D000328:Adult; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications*