with lupus nephritis following a history of fever, myalgia, skin rash and weakness. A kidney biopsy at that time revealed class IV and V lupus nephritis. The patient was treated with prednisolone ...

Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE), an autoimmune-mediated disease that is characterized by widespread hardening of the skin, is triggered by various environmental factors, including ...

LR may lead to livedoid vasculitis, which can cause skin breakdown and ... into the tissues. A biopsy of this pustular lesion is slightly atypical of lupus; however, it may represent an acute ...

A biopsy of lesional skin is consistent with cutaneous lupus. There is vacuolar alteration of the basal cell layer with a sparse superficial dermal mononuclear cell infiltrate. Direct ...