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==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
[[File:Dermatitis-herpetiformis2.jpg|thumbnail|Characteristic rash]] | [[File:Dermatitis-herpetiformis2.jpg|thumbnail|Characteristic rash]] | ||
*Looks like scabies, but clustered around elbows, knees, shoulders, buttox | *Looks like [[scabies]], but clustered around elbows, knees, shoulders, buttox | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
*[[Scabies]] | |||
{{Bullous rashes DDX}} | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
Revision as of 16:10, 25 January 2015
Background
- Autoimmune disorder associated gluten sensitivity
Diagnosis
- Looks like scabies, but clustered around elbows, knees, shoulders, buttox
Differential Diagnosis
Vesiculobullous rashes
Febrile
- Diffuse distribution
- Varicella (chickenpox)
- Smallpox
- Monkeypox
- Disseminated gonococcal disease
- DIC
- Purpural fulminans
- Localized distribution
Afebrile
- Diffuse distribution
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Drug-Induced bullous disorders
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Phytophotodermatitis
- Erythema multiforme major
- Bullous impetigo
- Localized distribution
- Contact dermatitis
- Herpes zoster (shingles)
- Dyshidrotic eczema
- Burn
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Erythema multiforme minor
- Poison Oak, Ivy, Sumac dermatitis
- Bullosis diabeticorum
- Bullous impetigo
- Folliculitis
Treatment
- Gluten free diet
- Dapsone