A new combination of multiple autoimmune syndrome? Coexistence of vitiligo, autoimmune thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis.
The occurrence of three or more autoimmune disorders in one patient defines multiple autoimmune syndrome. The pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune syndrome is not known yet and environmental triggers and genetic susceptibility have been suggested to be involved. Herein, we report a 47-year-old woman who had Hashimoto's thyroiditis, vitiligo and newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis. Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was confirmed with histopathologic examination. This case presents a new combination of multiple autoimmune syndrome.
Clinics of Gastroenterelogy;
Firdevs
F
Topal
Dermatology, Çankiri State Hospital, Çankiri;
Engin
E
Senel
Department of Gastroenterology, Kartal Kosuyolu High Specialty Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul;
Sabiye
S
Akbulut
Clinics of Emergency Medicine;
Fatih
F
Topal
Pathology, Çankiri State Hospital, Çankiri, Turkey.
Yasemin
Y
Dölek
autoimmune thyroiditis.; autoimmunity; multiple autoimmune syndrome; ulcerative colitis; vitiligo