Oral Lesions in Four Cases of Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus


Autoria(s): NICO, Marcello Menta S.; ROMITI, Ricardo; LOURENCO, Silvia V.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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18/04/2012

18/04/2012

2011

Resumo

Patients with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) present with intense photosensitivity. Clinical patterns comprise papulosquamous or annular lesions on sun-exposed areas; although the face is usually spared. Intraoral lesions have not been reported in most case series of SCLE, but are well-documented in other forms of lupus erythematosus. This study included four female patients diagnosed with SCLE, who presented with specific oral involvement consisting of palatal patches (three cases), buccal mucosal patches (one case), gingival keratotic erythema (one case), and lip lesions (one case). All patients presented with exuberant facial lesions, a condition not often observed in SCLE. Our findings suggest that oral involvement in SCLE may not be as rare as once thought, and that patients with intense facial lesions are at particular risk of developing oral lesions.

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ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA, v.91, n.4, p.436-439, 2011

0001-5555

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/15131

10.2340/00015555-1103

http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1103

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eng

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ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA

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Acta Dermato-venereologica

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openAccess

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Palavras-Chave #subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus #oral lesions #IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL PROFILE #INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE #MANIFESTATIONS #SUBSET #Dermatology
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