Immunohistochemistry profile of inflammatory cells in lichen planopilaris and discoid lupus erythematosus

Dermoscopy patterns of cicatricial alopecia resulting from discoid lupus erythematosus and lichen planopilaris.

BACKGROUND Dermoscopy is an important tool for the diagnosis of benign and malignant melanocytic diseases. Recently, this method has also been found to be extremely useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of alopecias. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to describe dermoscopic findings in patients with clinical and histopathological characteristics of cicatricial alopecia. METHODS A de...

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...

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...

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 ...

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Coexisting with Lupus Erythematosus: Poor Response to Hydroxychloroquine.

Lupus erythematosus, especially the discoid form, and lichen planopilaris may be associated and can occur in different topographies (coexistence) or in the same lesion (lupus eythematosus/lichen planus overlap syndrome). Frontal fibrosing alopecia is considered a variant form of lichen planopilaris and is characterized by frontotemporal hairline and eyebrow involvement. Of the association with ...