Abstract

ZULUAGA-SEPULVEDA, MARÍA ALEJANDRA  and  JIMENEZ-TAMAYO, SOL BEATRIZ. Vitiligo-asociated autoimmune polyglandular syndrome. CES Med. [online]. 2013, vol.27, n.2, pp.227-233. ISSN 0120-8705.

Autoimmune poliglandular syndrome is an immune disorder, that affects different endocrine glands and that is frequently associated with cutaneous disorders of autoinmune etiology like vitiligo. It is currently classified in three groups depending on the compromised gland. Type IIIB autoimmune polyglandular syndrome is the most frequently reported and is characterized by autoimmune thyroid disease with autoimmune gastritis. Although, it is also associated wih alopecia areata, vitiligo is the most frequently cutaneous disease reported in this syndrome. We report a 50 year old woman with a type IIIB autoimmune poliglandular síndrome who had an autoimmune thyroid disease with hyperthyroidism 25 years before, later she was diagnosed with pernicious anemia secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency and finally presented a generalized vitiligo, resistant to multiple treatments des-pite good control of her autoimmune illnesses.

Keywords : Polyendocrinopathies; Vitiligo; Thyroid disease.

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