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Extrafacial lupus miliaris disseminatus

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei (LMDF) is an inflammatory dermatosis characterized by 1- to 3-mm red-to-yellow-brown papules on the central and lateral face, particularly on and around the eyelids. Lesions can occur singly or in crops. The discrete papules appear yellow-brown (“apple-jelly”) on diascopy and as epithelioid cell granulomas histologically, thus, resembling tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, or other granulomatous diseases.1 LMDF classically presents on the face; however, an increasing number of cases are reported with extrafacial involvement.

Source: JAAD Case Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2016.08.007

Authors: Kathleen M. Nemer, Laura Y. McGirt

Institutions: Washington University in St. Louis, Carolinas Medical Center, Levine Cancer Institute

Language: English

Topic: Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $750