Case Reports
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e19

A new combination of multiple autoimmune syndrome? Coexistence of vitiligo, autoimmune thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis

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Received: 15 July 2011
Accepted: 15 July 2011
Published: 15 September 2011
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multiple autoimmune syndrome, autoimmunity, vitiligo, ulcerative colitis, autoimmune thyroiditis.

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Firdevs Topal
Clinic of Gastroenterelogy, Çankiri State Hospital, Türkiye.
Engin Senel
enginsenel@enginsenel.com
Clinic of Dermatology,, Çankiri State Hospital, Türkiye.
Sabiye Akbulut
Department of Gastroenterology, Kartal Kosuyolu High Specialty Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Fatih Topal
Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Çankiri State Hospital, Türkiye.
Yasemin Dolek
Clinic of Pathology, Çankiri State Hospital, Türkiye.
The occurrence of three or more autoimmune disorders in one patient defines multiple autoimmune syndrome. The pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune syndrome is not known yet and environmental triggers and genetic susceptibility have been suggested to be involved. Herein, we report a 47-year-old woman who had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, vitiligo and newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis. Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was confirmed with histopathologic examination. This case presents a new combination of multiple autoimmune syndrome.

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Topal F, Senel E, Akbulut S, Topal F, Dolek Y. A new combination of multiple autoimmune syndrome? Coexistence of vitiligo, autoimmune thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis. Dermatol Reports [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 15 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];3(2):e19. Available from: https://journals.pagepress.net/dr/article/view/dr.2011.e19