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Methods: We involved 17 patients affected by NCGS with non-specific cutaneous manifestations who got much better after a gluten free diet. For a histopathological and immunopathological evaluation, two skin samples from each patient and their clinical data were collected. Results: The median age of the 17 enrolled patients affected by NCGS was 36 years and 76% of them were females. On the extensor surfaces of upper and lower limbs in particular, they all presented very itchy dermatological manifestations morphologically similar to eczema, psoriasis or dermatitis herpetiformis. This similarity was also confirmed histologically, but the immunopathological analysis showed the prevalence of deposits of C3 along the  dermo-epidermal junction with a microgranular\/granular pattern (82%). Conclusions: The exact characterization of new clinical entities such as Cutaneous Gluten Sensitivity and NCGS is an important objective both for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, since these are patients who actually benefit from a GFD (Gluten Free Diet) and who do not adopt it only for fashion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu7095368","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,16]],"date-time":"2015-09-16T10:33:36Z","timestamp":1442399616000},"page":"7798-7805","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Cutaneous Manifestations of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: Clinical Histological and Immunopathological Features"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Veronica","family":"Bonciolini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Florence, Viale Michelangiolo 41, Florence 50125, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Beatrice","family":"Bianchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Florence, Viale Michelangiolo 41, Florence 50125, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Del Bianco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Florence, Viale Michelangiolo 41, Florence 50125, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alice","family":"Verdelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Florence, Viale Michelangiolo 41, Florence 50125, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marzia","family":"Caproni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Director SOS Skin Immunopathology and Rare Dermatological Diseases Unit, 1st Dermatological Clinic ASF-Piero Palagi, Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Section of Dermatology, University of Florence, Viale Michelangiolo 41, Florence 50125, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"265","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clindermatol.2007.10.018","article-title":"Skin manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease","volume":"26","author":"Timani","year":"2008","journal-title":"Clin. 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