Pattern of Autoimmune Dermatological Disorders Amongst Outpatients Attending SKIMS MCH Kashmir
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: The pattern of dermatological disorders vary from one region to another. Autoimmune entities form a significant sub group of these. However even the pattern of autoimmune dermatological disorders vary from one region to another. Objective was to study the pattern of autoimmune dermatological disorders in Kashmir amongst the outpatients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital. Material and methods: All consecutive autoimmune dermatological disorders with a proven autoimmune etiology attending the outpatient dermatology department of a tertiary care teaching government hospital during 2015 starting from 1st Jan of the year were included in the study irrespective of duration of disease. Diagnosis was made on clinical grounds alone in a majority of cases. Only in a few cases relevant investigations like Tzanck smear and ANA titres were done. All relevant data such as history and dermatological examination were recorded. Results: 1000 patient of autoimmune disorders were seen and they constituted 6.46% of total dermatological cases. Females (55.4%) and age group of 10-30yrs (56.9%) predominated the study. 712 patients (71.2%)had vitiligo,145 (14.5%)had alopecia areata, 35(3.5%)had chronic urticaria, 72 (7.2%) had collagen vascular and 36(3.6%) had immunobullous dermatosis Conclusion: Autoimmune dermatological patients form significant percentage of dermatological disorders and vitiligo, alopecia areata and collagen vascular disorders form the bulk of these patients.
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Farah Sameem, Shabir A Bhat, Syed Shahab Ud Din Bukhari, Sheikh Manzoor, Samia Aleem
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