TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic resonance imaging findings are useful for evaluating the three-dimensional development and follow-up of linear lupus erythematosus profundus
AU - Ogawa, M.
AU - Muro, Y.
AU - Sugiura, K.
AU - Sakakibara, A.
AU - Akiyama, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Author(s).
PY - 2015/10/11
Y1 - 2015/10/11
N2 - Lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP), which is a variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), is seen in approximately 2â=1/43% of CLE patients, and only 10% to 20% of LEP patients present with systemic LE (SLE). LEP shows subcutaneous nodules with or without discoid LE (DLE). Linear LEP, a very rare variant of LEP, was first reported in 1991 in Japanese and in 1998 in English. Since LEP sometimes leaves skin depressions or scars as a result of atrophy of adipose tissue, early and adequate treatments are necessary. Here, we introduce an LEP case in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was quite effective in evaluating a lesion that had been considered to be linear DLE.
AB - Lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP), which is a variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), is seen in approximately 2â=1/43% of CLE patients, and only 10% to 20% of LEP patients present with systemic LE (SLE). LEP shows subcutaneous nodules with or without discoid LE (DLE). Linear LEP, a very rare variant of LEP, was first reported in 1991 in Japanese and in 1998 in English. Since LEP sometimes leaves skin depressions or scars as a result of atrophy of adipose tissue, early and adequate treatments are necessary. Here, we introduce an LEP case in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was quite effective in evaluating a lesion that had been considered to be linear DLE.
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U2 - 10.1177/0961203315574559
DO - 10.1177/0961203315574559
M3 - Article
C2 - 25716419
AN - SCOPUS:84941254312
VL - 24
SP - 1214
EP - 1216
JO - Lupus
JF - Lupus
SN - 0961-2033
IS - 11
ER -