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Oral Lesions in Four Cases of Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Fecha
2011Registro en:
ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA, v.91, n.4, p.436-439, 2011
0001-5555
10.2340/00015555-1103
Autor
NICO, Marcello Menta S.
ROMITI, Ricardo
LOURENCO, Silvia V.
Institución
Resumen
Patients with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) present with intense photosensitivity. Clinical patterns comprise papulosquamous or annular lesions on sun-exposed areas; although the face is usually spared. Intraoral lesions have not been reported in most case series of SCLE, but are well-documented in other forms of lupus erythematosus. This study included four female patients diagnosed with SCLE, who presented with specific oral involvement consisting of palatal patches (three cases), buccal mucosal patches (one case), gingival keratotic erythema (one case), and lip lesions (one case). All patients presented with exuberant facial lesions, a condition not often observed in SCLE. Our findings suggest that oral involvement in SCLE may not be as rare as once thought, and that patients with intense facial lesions are at particular risk of developing oral lesions.