Multiple dermatofibromas and systemic lupus erythematosus. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report on three black women with multiple dermatofibromas and systemic lupus erythematosus. In one patient occurrence of new dermatofibromas was definitely related to increases in corticosteroid dosage, but in another the dermatofibromas predated all treatment. Histopathologic, ultrastructural, and direct immunofluorescence studies of lesions of two of the patients showed characteristic changes of dermatofibroma but did not reveal a specific cause. This finding in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus is probably much more common than has previously been appreciated.

publication date

  • January 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Fibroma
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Skin Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0022652995

PubMed ID

  • 3948534

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 37

issue

  • 1