Pediatric Discoid Lupus Erythematosus: successful treatment with antimalarials

Childhood discoid lupus erythematosus and antimalarials.

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/drm The article by Sonntag et al. [1] in this issue of Dermatology describes 3 children with lupus erythematosus (LE) tumidus, a rare subtype of cutaneous LE which has previously not been reported in this age group. Discoid LE (DLE) is very uncommon in childhood: less than 2% of all patients with DLE have onset of the disease before the age of 10 years [2]. ...

Successful treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus with chloroquine.

Successful Treatment of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus with Chloroquine Laurentius A. Pramono, Resultanti, Suryo Anggoro, Sandra Langow, Rudy Hidayat, Bambang Setyohadi, Harry Isbagio Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. Correspondence mail: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of I...

Successful treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus with argon laser.

Vascular lesions with telangiectasias on visible areas, such as the face, are common in discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE); however, an efficient management of these skin lesions can sometimes be difficult. Since argon laser light is able to specifically coagulate vascular structures, it has been used in the treatment of various vascular skin malformations. Therefore, we addressed the issue whet...

Successful treatment of recalcitrant discoid lupus erythematosus with ustekinumab.

We report a 52-year old woman with a 28-year historyof disfiguring facial discoid lupus erythematosus(DLE), persistent despite both classical therapiesand rituximab. Ustekinumab 45 mg was started incombination with methotrexate and intralesionalcorticosteroids. Methotrexate and intralesionalcorticosteroids were withdrawn 30 months later andustekinumab maintained as monotherapy. Fortyeight month...

Successful hair re-growth with multimodal treatment of early cicatricial alopecia in discoid lupus erythematosus.