Concurrent presentation of cutaneous lesions of deep linear morphoea and discoid lupus erythematosus

Lupus. 2016 Feb;25(2):204-8. doi: 10.1177/0961203315604911. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Abstract

Patients with autoimmune disorders are predisposed to develop a second immunologic disease, frequently with systemic involvement. We present a patient who developed lesions of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) limited to the face, and, concurrently, a linear morphoea involving her right axilla. No criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus or systemic scleroderma were present in the patient. To our knowledge, no patients with concomitant DLE and linear morphoea, without systemic involvement, have been previously reported in the literature.

Keywords: Linear scleroderma; connective tissue disease; discoid lupus erythematosus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arm / pathology
  • Face / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / pathology
  • Scleroderma, Localized / pathology*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*