Heterogeneous lupus-specific lesions and treatment outcome, in a single patient, over a period of time

• Author(s): Fernandes, M ; Taulaigo, AV ; Vidal, C ; Agostini, P ; Riso, N ; Moraes-Fontes, MF
• Date: 2019
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3464
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Subject(s): Discoid Lupus Erythematosus; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, treatment; Lupus Erythematosus Tumidus; HCC DAUTOIM
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório da Unidade Local de Saúde São José

Description

The report highlights the importance of strict clinico-histological correlations when skin biopsies are performed in diagnostic doubt in systemic lupus erythematosus. Furthermore, PUVA is never indicated in autoimmune conditions involving photosensitivity, due to high potential for internal and cutaneous aggravation of the disease, as the authors observed in this case.