[The skin as a mirror of small intestine].
It is possible to observe the changes of intestinal functions, in particular absorbent, immunologic and hormonal ones, correlated to inside action of a pathogenic noxa, in the cutaneous district, thanks to clinico-dermatological manifestations. The most evident cutaneous pathologies are present in progress of inflammatory bowel diseases, however the most representative manifestations are present especially in progress of celiac disease. The importance of these associations leads to conclude that skin is the "mirror" of the small intestine, and that remembering it can be necessary for specialist and generalist in their clinical practice.
Abenavoli
Ludovico
L
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma. abenavoli@katamail.com
Leggio
Lorenzo
L
Proietti
Ilaria
I
Ferrulli
Anna
A
Vonghia
Luisa
L
D'Angelo
Cristina
C
Mirijello
Antonio
A
Capizzi
Rodolfo
R
Rotoli
Maurizio
M
Amerio
Pierluigi
P
Gasbarrini
Giovanni
G
Addolorato
Giovanni
G
D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*