title: Systemic lupus erythematosus with generalized chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A 24-year-old pregnant African-American woman had a 3-4 year history of chronic, scarring, hyperpigmented plaques on her scalp, face, trunk, and extremities. She complained of joint pain and fatigue. Clinical presentation, laboratory data, and histopathologic features were consistent with systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient with generalized chronic discoid lupus erythematosus. This subtype is a distinct lupus erythematosus subset that rarely develops renal disease and has a relatively benign but chronic course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, New York University, USA.
authors.forename: Chicky
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dadlani
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pulitzer
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Prystowsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications