title: A case of nodular cutaneous lupus mucinosis.
abstract: The patient was a 44-year-old female. She was diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus at the age of 21 years and had been receiving systemic steroid treatment (5 mg prednisolone/day). Nodules began to appear on her neck, chest and back from June in 2000, and she was referred to our clinic for examination and treatment. Examination of a biopsy sample of an eruption on the neck revealed mucin deposition in the dermis. Based on the clinical and histopathological findings, she was diagnosed as having typical nodular cutaneous lupus mucinosis. The dose of steroid was increased, and the eruptions gradually disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terao
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moroi
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urabe
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Masutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone