Cheek and Periorbital Peculiar Discoid Lupus Erythematosus: Rare Clinical Presentation Mimicking Tinea Faciei, Cutaneous Granulomatous Disease or Blepharitis

Autor: Satoshi Nakamura, Tomoko Yamada, Naoka Umemoto, Toshinobu Nakamura, Koji Wakatabi, Eri Iida, Masumi Masaki, Maki Kakurai, Toshio Demitsu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Dermatology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 56-60 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-6567
DOI: 10.1159/000381208
Popis: We present clinically peculiar facial discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) that mimicked tinea faciei. Although DLE is a chronic autoimmune dermatosis, it has a variety of rare clinical presentations, including periorbital DLE, comedonic DLE and hypertrophic DLE recently. In this case, a scaly, erythematous lesion on the eyelid and the central healed, mildly elevated, annularly distributed facial DLE mimicked tinea faciei, complicating our diagnosis.
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