BULLOUS SUBACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. A CASE REPORT

Lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune collagen disorder with multiple organs involvement. Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus represents about 10% of Lupus erythematosus cases and is frequently drug induced. A 83-year-old female patient, otherwise healthy, presented for disseminated annular lesion...

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Published inBulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series VI, Medical sciences Vol. 14(63); no. 2; pp. 45 - 48
Main Author BADEA, Mihail-Alexandru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brasov Transilvania University of Brasov 25.01.2022
Subjects
Antibodies
Case reports
Chronic conditions
Females
Laboratories
Lesions
Lupus
Older people
Pruritus
Risk analysis
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Summary:Lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune collagen disorder with multiple organs involvement. Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus represents about 10% of Lupus erythematosus cases and is frequently drug induced. A 83-year-old female patient, otherwise healthy, presented for disseminated annular lesions with mild pruritus lasting for 5 days.The patient denied any new drug usage in the last two months.Laboratory findings showed raised Anti-Ro antibodies and Anti-La (SS-B). The patient received systemic corticotherapy with the remission of the lesions in one month.Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus can present with bullous skin lesions and can arise in elderly people without drug usage.
ISSN:2065-2216
2065-2224
DOI:10.31926/but.ms.2021.63.14.2.6