Title of article :
A young girl with H syndrome and coeliac disease
Author/Authors :
Gharehaghaji Zare, Armaghan Department of Dermatology - Faculty of Medicine - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , Radmehr, Afsaneh Department of Dermatology - Faculty of Medicine - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , Ghasemi, Faranak Department of Dermatology - Faculty of Medicine - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
H syndrome is an autosomal recessive genodermatosis with
reports dating back to the last decade. This syndrome is caused
by mutations in the SCL29A3 gene. The clinical characteristics of
this syndrome consist of dermatological manifestations, including
hyperpigmented, hypertrichotic, and indurated patches and
plaques. It affects various systems by causing heart anomalies,
hepatosplenomegaly, hypogonadism, and low height.
This is the case of a 19-year-old girl from the northwest of Iran who
was born of a cousin marriage. The primary manifestations included
low height, underdeveloped secondary sex characteristics, and
typical dermatological manifestations. This patient was examined
mostly because of digestive and endocrine problems and thus had
not been subject to extensive dermatological examinations until
the skin biopsies mirrored manifestations similar to histiocytoses
(e.g., Rosai-Dorfman disease and granuloma annulare). The patient
was eventually diagnosed with H syndrome by a dermatologist
from the clinical symptoms.
H syndrome is an autosomal recessive genodermatosis that affects
different organs and is diagnosed by a set of typical and systemic
cutaneous symptoms and biopsies. In this patient, an endoscopic
examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract was carried out
due to reports of anemia. A biopsy of the atrophic duodenum
region revealed the existence of coeliac disease. However, the
comorbidity of coeliac disease and H syndrome has not been
previously reported
Keywords :
hyperpigmentation , hypertrichosis , hypogonadism
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Dermatology