Morphea with discoid lupus erythematosus.
The presence of lupus erythematosus with morphea in the same patient has rarely been reported. In this case, we describe a woman with the overlap of discoid lupus erythematosus with superficial morphea, diagnoses that are supported by histopathologic features and laboratory studies.
Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Adnan
A
Mir
Brook
B
Tlougan
Kathryn
K
O'Reilly
Julia
J
Tzu
Shane
S
Meehan
Hideko
H
Kamino
Andrew G
AG
Franks
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