this paper presents a 54-year-old female with lupus whom severe anaemia due to pure red cell aplasia (prca) was the first manifestation. there was seven years interval between prca onset and diagnosis of lupus. thymectomy due to thymoma had been carried out six years before but anaemia sustained. hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism were other associated diseases. severe anaemia and the need f...

Lupus tumidus is considered a rare subtype of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, characterized by erythema and bright urticarial erythematous-violaceous lesions that leave no scars after regression. Histopathology reveals perivascular and periannexal lymphohistiocytic infiltrates in the papillary and reticular dermis and interstitial mucin deposition. Treatment is based on photoprotection, ...

panniculitis. Result: The most common clinical manifestation was a depressed patch on upper arm. There was 46oh and l3o/o positivity in the ANA and anti-ds DNA test, respectively. His topatho log ica l ly , a l l spec imens revealed lobu lar panniculitis and the majority of cases presented epidermal atrophy and dermal infiltration. Immunohistochemistry showed a predominance of T lymphocytes. Al...

019 pityriasis rosea, Sjogren’s syndrome, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, tinea corporis, erythema gyratum repens (EGR) and erythema annulare centrifigum. These can be differentiated by laboratory investigation and histopathological analysis. Specifically recurrent circinate erythematous psoriasis (Bloch), though clinically similar, is characterized by the presence of histopathological ...

UNLABELLED The aim of this manuscript is to describe radiological findings of extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is an immune-mediated systemic disease of unknown origin, characterized by non-caseating epitheliod granulomas. Ninety percent of patients show granulomas located in the lungs or in the related lymph nodes. However, lesions can affect any organ. Typical imaging features of live...

BACKGROUND There is a renewed interest in thalidomide therapy after its surprising effectiveness in treating erythema nodosum leprosum was first published. Thalidomide has subsequently been reported to be effective in treating a number of dermatoses, including cutaneous lupus erythematosus. We examined the efficacy and adverse effects of low-dose, long-term thalidomide monotherapy in 7 patients...

Rowells syndrome is a rare disease, combining Lupus Erythematosus (LE) and Erythema Multiforme (EM) like lesions with characteristic immunological pattern, including speckled pattern of Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA), positive anti Ro SSA or La SSB antibodies Rheumatoid Factor (RF)