[Remission of vitiligo during treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin: report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2011 Apr;139(4):484-8. Epub 2011 Aug 25.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Vitiligo is associated with other autoimmune diseases. We report a 52-year-old male with a Sjögren syndrome that was treated with monthly pulses of intravenous immunoglobulin for a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. The neurological disorder responded adequately to the treatment and the patient also noted a marked remission of his vitiligo with almost compete re-pigmentation of the scalp and face and partial repigmentation of other areas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / drug therapy
  • Remission Induction / methods
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / complications*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vitiligo / drug therapy*
  • Vitiligo / etiology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous