Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus With Hematologic/serologic Abnormalities: Incomplete Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Author:
Young Jin KIM
1
;
Chang Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Lupus erythematosus;
Discoid cutaneous lesion;
Incomplete SLE;
Clinical course
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Erythema;
Humans;
Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous*;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*;
Prognosis;
Prospective Studies;
Skin
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
1994;1(1):71-76
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: Discoid erythema is most common skin lesions in chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE), and patients with multiple discold lesions occasionally transform into systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHOD: Four patients of CCLE with 1 or 2 another criteria for the diagnosis of SLE (incomplete/latent SLE) were identified. With these patients, we undertook prospective studies regarding the response to treatment (topical corticosteroids/antimalarials) and the course of disease over a period of 3 years. RESULTS: During the past 3 years, all of the patients continued to be stable, and only experienced minor exacervations of cutaneous and/or systemic symptoms. They showed no evidences of complete remission or developing additional criteria to determine SLE. CONCLUSION: It is suggested that incomplete/latent SLE with discold cutaneous lesions infrequently evolve to SLE, and it would appear that our cases probably have good prognosis, without or minimum systemic involvements.
