title: Papulonodular mucinosis associated with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Mucin deposition is a common histopathologic finding in lupus erythematosus (LE) but is rarely present in sufficient quantity to produce clinically apparent skin lesions. Until now, fewer than 40 cases of papulonodular mucinosis associated with LE have been reported in the literature, and it was associated with either systemic LE or discoid LE. For the first time, to our knowledge, we describe 2 patients with subacute cutaneous LE who presented with papulonodular mucinosis as a major clinical manifestation of their disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonntag
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Mosaad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Megahed
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
authors.forename: Annegret
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology