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Lupus erythematosus tumidus (LET) was reported by Henri Gougerot and Burnier R. in 1930. It is a photosensitive skin disorder, a different subtype of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) from discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) or subacute CLE (SCLE). [3] LET is usually found on sun-exposed areas of the body.
Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia refers to a groups of benign cutaneous disorders characterized by collections of lymphocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells in the skin. [2]: 725 Conditions included in this groups are: [2]: 725
Micrograph of a vacuolar interface dermatitis with dermal mucin, as may be seen in lupus. H&E stain. Vacuolar interface dermatitis (VAC, also known as liquefaction degeneration, vacuolar alteration or hydropic degeneration) is a dermatitis with vacuolization at the dermoepidermal junction, with lymphocytic inflammation at the epidermis and ...
Lupus erythematosus is a collection of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues. [1] Symptoms of these diseases can affect many different body systems, including joints , skin , kidneys , blood cells , heart , and lungs .
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 vulgaris (also known as tuberculosis luposa [1]) are painful cutaneous tuberculosis skin lesions with nodular appearance, most often on the face around the nose, eyelids, lips, cheeks, ears [2] and neck. It is the most common Mycobacterium tuberculosis skin infection. [3]
Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermaititis is associated with subacute bacterial endocarditis, [4] ledipasvir/sofosbuvir, [5] allopurinol, [6] Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, [4] chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, [7] ulcerative colitis, [8] Takayasu arteritis, [4] systemic vasculitis, [8] systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), [9] sarcoidosis, [10] rheumatoid arthritis, [11 ...
However, positive antinuclear antibody and extractable nuclear antigen (anti-Ro/La) in low titre may be found, even in the absence of other criteria to suggest a diagnosis of lupus erythematosus. If clinical findings suggest a possibility of porphyria, urinary and red cell porphyrin screening may be performed and are negative in PLE.