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Porphyria cutanea tarda associated with autoimmune hypothyroidism, vitiligo and alopecia universalis
J Sabán1, J L Rodríguez-García, J Gil
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
The aetiology of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) has not been elucidated, but the possibility of an autoimmune mechanism has been proposed. We report a case of an unknown clinical combination of PCT with autoimmune hypothyroidism, alopecia universalis and vitiligo with thyroid and parietal cell circulating antibodies. This is highly suggestive of underlying autoimmune damage in this patient.