title: Persistent scarring, atrophy, and dyspigmentation in a preteen girl with neonatal lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon autoimmune disease with distinctive cutaneous findings. Descriptions of chronic cutaneous sequelae are rare. We describe a 12-year-old girl with persistent dyspigmentation, scarring, and atrophy as a result of neonatal lupus occurring during infancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75390-9069, USA.
authors.forename: Whitney A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: High
authors.forename: Melissa I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Costner
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology