Papular Mucinosis Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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Follicular mucinosis Systemic Lupus erythematosus Hair loss Prof. Bhushan Kumar, Head, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160 012 (India) A 37-year-old man presented with loss of hair on asymptomatic erythematous boggy plaques over the scalp, face, trunk and limbs of 8 months duration. A provisional diagnosis of follicular mucinosis was made. It was confirm...

Codon 72 Polymorphism of p53 Gene and Hematologic Manifestations in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disorder with unclear etiology. The importance of some genes in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus has been implicated. The gene polymorphism in codon 72 has attracted a lot of attention and its role in the occurrence or progression of many cancers and autoimmune diseases especially systemic lupus erythematosus has ...

A case report of atypical nodular cutaneous lupus mucinosis

RATIONAL Nodular cutaneous lupus mucinosis is regarded as a distinctive cutaneous mucinosis deposition with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). All typical cases occurred as asymptomatic cutaneous papules, nodules, or plaques on the trunk, upper and lower extremities, and face. Histopathology is mainly revealed abundant mucin deposits among splayed collagen bundles in the dermis. At the same tim...

Rare Association between Kikuchi's Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi's disease is a rare, benign condition of unknown etiology, which is usually characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and fever. This disease is rarely associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Here we describe, for the first time in Iran, a patient who developed systemic lupus erythematosus about 3 years after the initial diagnosis of Kikuch...

Follicular mucinosis and systemic lupus erythematosus.