DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS IN AN INFANT
- 1 July 1941
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 44 (1) , 58-62
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1941.01500010061011
Abstract
In certain cases of pemphigus vulgaris and of dermatitis herpetiformis the disease cannot be definitely diagnosed without years of observation. Some authors have stated that the mucous membrane is spared in dermatitis herpetiformis; however, authenticated cases have been reported in which there were oral lesions. Patients with dermatitis herpetiformis notoriously do not tolerate iodine well, either administered by mouth or used in a patch test (50 per cent potassium iodide in petrolatum), although the reaction to the test is not always positive. Dermatitis herpetiformis in children has been reported. Gardiner cited Knowles1as giving the following differences between dermatitis herpetiformis in children and in adults: (1) Itching is not so severe in children (50 per cent); (2) decided multiformity of eruption is usually absent in children (20 per cent); (3) grouping of the lesions is seldom found under puberty (30 per cent), and (4) pigmentation as a sequel isKeywords
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