Case Report of Papular Mucinosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Authors

  • Nuanjutha Tirachaimongkol INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BANGKOK, THAILAND.
  • Poonnawis Sudtikoonaseth INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BANGKOK, THAILAND.
  • Pinnaree Kattipathanapong INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BANGKOK, THAILAND.

Keywords:

Systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus erythematosus, papulonodular mucinosis

Abstract

Papulonodular mucinosis, a rare cutaneous manifestation of autoimmune connective tissue diseases, mainly lupus erythematosus (LE). The characterized histologic findings include papillary and mid-reticular dermal mucin without any typical epidermal inflammatory changes. We describe a patient with systemic LE who subsequently developed papular mucinosis. At the time of this report she achieved significant improvement of her papular mucinosis with intralesional steroids in addition to methotrexate and prednisolone.

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2022-03-21

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Tirachaimongkol, N., Sudtikoonaseth, P., & Kattipathanapong, P. (2022). Case Report of Papular Mucinosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Thai Journal of Dermatology, 38(1), 17–23. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TJD/article/view/254090

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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2022): January - March

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