Clinical course of atrophie blanche.
Lesions of atrophie blanche which developed in 2 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have been followed up for 3 years. The observation was made that atrophie blanche was not always preceded by ulcers but healed directly as scars. It was assumed that atrophie blanche might not be a terminal stage of necrotizing angitis but an intermediate one in the healing process.
Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007564:Japan; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*