title: Papulonodular mucinosis with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A 30-year-old woman with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus presented with a facial eruption, painful and swollen ulcers of her digits, and asymptomatic lesions on her abdomen. The laboratory findings were consistent with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus with an anticardiolipin antibody. A biopsy specimen of the asymptomatic lesions on her abdomen showed mucin within the upper reticular dermis. Papulonodular mucinosis is a rare but well-documented finding associated with systemic and cutaneous forms of lupus erythematosus. The etiology and pathogenesis of this finding remain to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University, USA.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hazan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications*; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology