A Case of Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus.
- Author:
Seung Joo KANG
;
Kwang Hyun CHO
;
Yoo Shin LEE
;
Chang Woo LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus;
Anti - Ro antibody - positive;
ANA - negative
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Fluorescent Antibody Technique;
Humans;
Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous*;
Rheumatoid Factor;
Rodentia;
Scalp;
Upper Extremity
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1986;24(6):848-852
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus is a recently recognized distinct subset of lupus erythematosus, having characteristics of clinical, pathologic, serologic, irnrnunologic features. We present a case of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus in a 29-year-old woman with symmetric, superficial, nonscarring papulosquamous lesion on the face, scalp, and the extensor surface of the upper extremities. She has a mild systemic illness of musculoskeletal complaints. Serologic abnormalities of the patients are positive rheumatoid factor and anti-Ro antibody test, but fluorescent antinuclear antibody test is negative, which is done by the conventional methods uaing rodent tissue for the substrate. The histopathologic finding of the lesion show the sarne general pattern of the cutaneous lupus erythematosus, and lupus band test is positive.
