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Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Lucia Pantoja1, Marcos Antonio González-López, Marta Bouso
1Rheumatology Unit, Hospital del Bierzo Ponferrada, Spain. jodsybs@telefonica.net
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
|December 21, 2002
Abstract:
A 51-year woman with a seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) developed antiLa/SSB antibodies and erythematosquamous lesions on her upper back. The histological diagnosis was subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) (papulosquamous form). There was no indication or a drug-induced SCLE. The concurrence of RA and SCLE seems to be rare. We review the clinical, serologic and immunogenetic features in these patients with coexistent RA and SCLE.