Wienert S, Gadola S, Hunziker T. Facets of lupus erythematosus: panniculitis responding to thalidomide.
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2007;
6:214-6. [PMID:
18076656 DOI:
10.1111/j.1610-0387.2007.06525.x]
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Abstract
Lupus erythematosus profundus or lupus panniculitis is a rare clinical variant of lupus erythematosus, which involves the deep dermis and subcutaneous fat. Diagnosis may be difficult in cases with isolated involvement. Further manifestations of lupus erythematosus may thus be essential for diagnosis, which depends on the clinical picture, histopathology and a positive lesional lupus band test. We report a severe, mutilating case of lupus panniculitis, which responded well to thalidomide.
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