Oral Discoid Lupus Erythematosus: Histopathologic Diagnosis at the Light Micro-scopic Level

Discoid lupus erythematosus: a profile.

OBJECTIVE To determine the demographic data, clinical pattern and therapeutic outcome in patients with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Department of Dermatology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, from January 2004 to December 2008. METHODOLOGY Patients of either gender aged above 18 years diagnosed wit...

Chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus.

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...

Dermoscopy of discoid lupus erythematosus

Cite this article as: Jha AK, Sonthalia S, Sarkar R. Dermoscopy of discoid lupus erythematosus. Indian Dermatol Online J 2016;7:458. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non‐commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creati...

Early diagnosis and treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus.

Discoid lupus erythematosus is a chronic dermatological disease that can lead to scarring, hair loss, and hyperpigmentation changes in skin if it is not treated early and promptly. It has a prolonged course and can have a considerable effect on quality of life. Early recognition and treatment improves the prognosis. The diagnosis is usually made by clinical examination. In some cases histopatho...