Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type III associated with coeliac disease and sarcoidosis

• Published in: Postgraduate medical journal Vol. 69; no. 807; pp. 72 - 75
• Main Authors: Papadopoulos, K. I., Hallengren, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01.01.1993; BMJ; Oxford University Press; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Celiac Disease - complications; Celiac Disease - pathology; Female; Humans; Intestine, Small - pathology; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune - complications; Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune - pathology; Sarcoidosis - complications; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Case study; Human; Skin disease; Concomitant disease; Sarcoidosis; Systemic disease; Metabolic diseases; Coeliac disease
• ISSN: 0032-5473; 1469-0756
• DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.69.807.72

A female patient demonstrating a previously not reported constellation of polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type III (including autoimmune thyroiditis, Graves' ophthalmopathy, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and vitiligo), coeliac disease and sarcoidosis is described. This may be a random association but might also indicate a common immunological and/or genetic disturbance.