The dynamism of cutaneous lupus erythematosus: Mild discoid lupus erythematosus evolving into SLE with SCLE and treatment-resistant lupus panniculitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1176-1179

  Wozniacka, Anna ^a   Salamon, Małgorzata ^a   Lesiak, Aleksandra ^a   McCauliffe, Daniel Paul ^b   Sysa Jedrzejowska, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Rutland Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Lupus erythematosus panniculitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CAPTOPRIL; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPROLOL; PREDNISONE; SUNSCREEN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOPENIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; PANNICULITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIMALARIALS; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS, LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34249871364     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0310-6     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Gilliam JN, Sontheimer RD (1981) Distinctive cutaneous subsets in the spectrum of lupus erythematosus. J Am Acad Dermatol 4:471-475
2. Irgang S (1940) Lupus erythematosus profundus. Report of an example with clinical resemblance to Darier-Roussy sarcoid. Arch Dermatol Syph 42:97-108
3. Tuffanelli DL (1982) Lupus erythematosus (panniculitis) profundus: A classic revisited commentary and report of 22 cases. Hawaii Med J 41:394-397
4. Tuffanelli DL (1972) Lupus erythematosus. Arch Dermatol 106:553-566
5. Jordan DR, McDonald H, Olberg B et al (1993) Orbital panniculitis as the initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 9:71-75
6. Nowinski T, Bernardino V, Naidoff M et al (1982) Ocular involvement in lupus erythematosus profundus (panniculitis). Ophthalmology 89:1149-1154
7. Tada J, Arata J, Katayama H (1991) Linear lupus erythematosus profundus in a child. J Am Acad Dermatol 24:871-874
8. Harris RB, Winkelmann RK (1978) Lupus mastitis. Arch Dermatol 114:410-412
9. Macjejewski W, Bandmann HJ (1979) Lupus erythematosus panniculitis (profoundus). Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 59:109-112
10. Fox JN, Klapman MH, Rowe L (1987) Lupus profundus in children: Treatment with hydroxychloroquine. J Am Acad Dermatol 16:839-844
11. Chung HS, Hann SK (1997) Lupus panniculitis treated by combination therapy of hydroxychloroquine and quinacrine. J Dermatol 24:569-572
12. Martens PB, Moder KG, Ahmed L (1999) Lupus panniculitis: Clinical perspectives from a case series. J Rheumatol 26:68-72
13. Khalfallah N, Azzabi S, Ben Hassine L et al (2003) Cutaneous lupus profundus. Tunis Med 81:134-139
14. Wimmershoff MB, Hohenleutner U, Landthaler M (2003) Discoid lupus erythematosus and lupus profundus in childhood: A report of two cases. Pediatr Dermatol 20:140-145
15. Yell JA, Burge SM (1993) Lupus erythematosus profundus treated with clobetasol propionate under a hydrocolloid dressing. Br J Dermatol 128:103
16. Inuzuka M, Tomita K, Tokura Y, Takigawa M (2001) Lupus erythematosus profundus with unusual skin manifestation: Subcutaneous nodules coexisting with eyelid plaques. J Dermatol 28:437-441
17. Morgan KW, Callen JP (2001) Calcifying lupus panniculitis in patients with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus: Response to diltiazem and chloroquine. J Rheumatol 28:129-132
18. Yamada Y, Dekio S, Jidoi J, Ozasa S (1989) Lupus erythematosus profundus - report of a case treated with dapson. J Dermatol 16:379-382
19. Bohm I, Burns A, Schupp G, Bauer R (1998) ANCA-positive lupus erythematodes profundus. Successful therapy with low dosage dapson. Hautarzt 49:403-407
20. Tuffanelli DL (1985) Management of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Clin Dermatol 3:123-130
21. Burrows NP, Walport MJ, Hammond AH et al (1991) Lupus erythematosus profundus with partial C4 deficiency responding to thalidomide. Br J Dermatol 125:62-67
22. Peters MS, Su WP (1989) Lupus erythematosus panniculitis. Med Clin North Am 73:1113-1126
23. Wang SW, Cheng TT (2005) Systemic lupus erythematosus with refractory hemolytic anemia effectively treated with cyclosporin A: A case report. Lupus 14:483-485
24. Saeki Y, Ohshima S, Kurimoto I et al (2000) Mainataining remission of lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP) with cyclosporin A. Lupus 9:390-392
25. Griffiths B, Emery P (2001) The treatment of lupus with cyclosporin A. Lupus 10:165-170
26. Hytiroglou P, Phelps RG, Wattenberg DJ et al (1992) Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis; Molecular evidence for a clonal T cell disorder. J Am Acad Dermatol 27:333-336
27. Furman DA, Klee CB, Bievier BE, Burakoff SJ (1990) Calcineurin phosphatase activity in T lymphocytes is inhibited by FK 506 and cyclosporin A. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:3686-3690