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Lupus erythematosus vegetans
S M Khorshid1, H L Beynon, M H Rustin
1Department of Dermatology, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|December 3, 1999
Abstract:
A 29-year-old woman with known systemic lupus erythematosus presented with exudative and vegetative plaques bilaterally on her groins. The clinical and histological findings indicated a diagnosis of pyodermatitis vegetans. Direct immunofluorescence studies revealed the presence of a definite basement membrane zone band for IgG, IgM and C3, favouring lupus erythematosus. We propose the term lupus erythematosus vegetans for this combination of clinicopathological and immunohistological findings.