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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2010; 38 (1)

Lupus erythematosus profundus with severous secondary lipoatrophy

Marrero CMD, Rodríguez SM, Castejón CP, Peláez MS

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 45-47
PDF size: 286.95 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Lupus erythematosus profundus is an unusual variant of cutaneous lupus erythematosus that mainly affecting the subcutaneous fat. We report a case on a 58 year-old woman with deep subcutaneous nodules in buttocks, arms and back. The lesions dissappeared leaving severe and desfiguring lipo-atrophy.


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