Clinical characteristics of cutaneous vasculitis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus

Results CV secondary to SLE was found in 103(37%) among the 278 patients, 84(82%) was female and 19(18%) was male. The commonest presentation was acroerythema. The site most commonly affected was fingertips and palms. The other sites often affected were the lower limbs, upper limbs, trunk and face in order of frequency. The duration of the skin lesions ranged from less than a week to several months. Patients with secondary CV presented a lower female/male ratio and a higher mean SLEDAI score and also had a higher frequency of raynaud phenomenon and blood system involvement and hypergammaglobulinemia and anticardiolipin antibodies(aCL) (p < 0.05).