Systemic lupus erythematosus arising in a patient with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
Few cases have been published relating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV). We describe a patient with this association. A 22-year-old female with classical skin lesions of EV since childhood together with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) which developed 10 years later. According to the knowledge of the authors, this case is the third report of association of EV and SLE and the first report of a patient with EV who developed SLE several years after initiation of EV.
Department of Dermatology, Jahrom Medical School, Jahrom, Iran. Shahinaghaei@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004819:Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004279:DNA, Viral