Type IIIc Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome: A Case Report

Authors

  • Claudia Marcela Arenas
  • Ángela María Bedoya

Keywords:

Polyendocrinopathy, autoimmune thyroid disease, vitiligo.

Abstract

Autoimmune poliglandular syndrome is an infrequent pathology that is characterized by the coexistence of two or more endocrine insufficiencies due to an autoimmune mechanism. We present a patient with autoimmune poliglandular syndrome type IIIc, who presents with autoimmune thyroid disease, vitiligo, and diabetes mellitus type 1.

Author Biographies

Claudia Marcela Arenas

Médica dermatóloga, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

Ángela María Bedoya

Médica, residente de Dermatología, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

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Arenas CM, Bedoya Ángela M. Type IIIc Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome: A Case Report. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Aug. 9 [cited 2026 Mar. 17];20(4):374-6. Available from: https://revistaasocoldermaorgco.biteca.online/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/999

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2019-08-09

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Arenas CM, Bedoya Ángela M. Type IIIc Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome: A Case Report. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Aug. 9 [cited 2026 Mar. 17];20(4):374-6. Available from: https://revistaasocoldermaorgco.biteca.online/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/999
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