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Lupus erythematosus panniculitis consists of soft, deep subcutaneous plaques or nodules that can occasionally appear in crops. Proximal extremities, in particular the lateral aspects of the arms and shoulders, face, trunk, buttocks breast, and scalp, are typically involved.
Cutaneous lupus mucinosis (papular and nodular mucinosis in lupus erythematosus, papular and nodular mucinosis of Gold, papulonodular mucinosis in lupus erythematosus) Discrete papular lichen myxedematosus; Eccrine mucinosis
The most common lesions are erythema nodosum, plaques, maculopapular eruptions, subcutaneous nodules, and lupus pernio. Treatment is not required, since the lesions usually resolve spontaneously in two to four weeks. Although it may be disfiguring, cutaneous sarcoidosis rarely causes major problems. [1]
Lupus is a chronic disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of the body. The disease impacts about 1.5 million Americans, but women are nine times more likely to develop lupus than ...
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE ) is a clinically distinct subset of cases of lupus erythematosus that is most often present in white women aged 15 to 40, consisting of skin lesions that are scaly and evolve as poly-cyclic annular lesions or plaques similar to those of plaque psoriasis.
Lupus erythematosus affects the limbs, buttocks, area beneath lupus lesions, and periarticular areas. Periarticular lesions are found in metastatic calcification. In tumoral calcinosis, the lesions are found around joints, but in idiopathic calcification, the lesions are found on children's faces as subepidermal calcified nodules.
Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis (PNGS) is usually associated with a well-defined connective tissue disease, lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis most commonly, and often presents with eroded or ulcerated symmetrically distributed umbilicated papules or nodules on the elbows. [1] [2]
Isaac Rosenbloom, 43, doesn’t know whether he has cancer because his insurer won’t approve an MRI for nodules on his lungs, which were found on an X-ray when the Pueblo, Colorado, resident had ...