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Vitiligo with an inflammatory erythema in Vogt‐Koyanagi‐Harada disease: demonstration of filamentous masses and amyloid deposits
Author(s) -
Kumakiri Masanobu,
Kimura Tetsunori,
Miura Yusho,
Tagawa Yoshitsugu
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1982.tb01061.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , erythema , uveitis , prednisolone , erythema multiforme , infiltration (hvac) , dermatology , eosinophilic , vitiligo , immunology , surgery , physics , thermodynamics
A 35‐year‐old Japanese woman developed vitiligo with an inflammatory erythema on the face two years after the onset of bilateral uveitis and dysacusis. Histological studies of the lesions revealed the loss of pigment and dense mononuclear cell infiltration around the blood vessels. At the dermoepidermal junction area, a few eosinophilic masses were found. Electron microscopy disclosed that the masses were filamentous masses (colloid bodies) and amyloid. After the oral administration of prednisolone, the erythema subsided, and the vitiligo showed some regimentation.