Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in a disseminated discoid lupus erythematosus lesion

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus leading to Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

DLE/CCLE is a benign disorder of skin, most frequently involving face and characterised by well defined , red scaly patches of variable size which heal with atrophy, scarring & pigmentary changes. The histology is characteristic. Squamous cell carcinoma and less commonly basal cell carcinoma occasionally occur in scars of DLE particularly over scalp,ears.lips & nose. In one study by Millard et ...

Oral squamous cell carcinoma with discoid lupus erythematosus

This paper reports an interesting development in a 64 year old female originally referred for evaluation of oral lichenoid lesions. The patient had a previous diagnosis of discoid lupus erythematosus of the skin. The presenting oral clinical appearance varied between lichenoid areas and ectopic erythema migrans. At initial presentation the patient had an exophytic lesion on the vermilion of the...

Chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus.

Linear cutaneous lupus erythematosus/discoid lupus erythematosus in an adult

Linear cutaneous lupus erythematosus (LCLE) is rare. The LCLE was proposed by Abe et al. [1] for discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) with a linear configuration in 1988. It occurs mainly in children and young adults. Lesions appear as linear unilateral erythematous plaques following the Blaschko lines and are observed most frequently on the face, although the neck, trunk and extremities may also ...

Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma arising within a lesion of discoid lupus erythematosus in an African-American woman

DLE: discoid lupus erythematosus SCC: squamous cell carcinoma SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus UV: ultraviolet INTRODUCTION The incidence of skin cancer is rare in African Americans; however, there are several reports of patients with depigmented or hypopigmented lesions on sun-exposed areas, such as the scalp, who are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Decrease in melanin, i...