Patient with gluten-sensitive enteropathy has a lifelong history of periodic crops of intensely pruritic, grouped, papular or vesicular lesions on the elbows, knees, sacrum, and shoulders. Because the vesicles are intensely pruritic, the patient routinely scratches the top off them, which relieves the pruritus. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Patient with gluten-sensitive enteropathy has a lifelong history of periodic crops of intensely pruritic, grouped, papular or vesicular lesions on the elbows, knees, sacrum, and shoulders. Because the vesicles are intensely pruritic, the patient routinely scratches the top off them, which relieves the pruritus. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
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Patient with gluten-sensitive enteropathy has a lifelong history of periodic crops of intensely pruritic, grouped, papular or vesicular lesions on the elbows, knees, sacrum, and shoulders. Because the vesicles are intensely pruritic, the patient routinely scratches the top off them, which relieves the pruritus. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
✓ Correct Answer: B. Dermatitis herpetiformis
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