title: Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus presenting as erythroderma.
abstract: Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) is a type of lupus erythematosus having distinct characteristic clinical, serologic, and genetic features. Other than the commonly occurring papulosquamous and annular polycyclic lesion, rarely it may present as erythema multiformae, toxic epidermo necrolysis like lesion (Rowell syndrome), erythroderma, and generalized poikiloderma. Herein, we report a case of SCLE presenting as erythroderma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, India.
authors.forename: Varadraj V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, India.
authors.forename: Kn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naveen
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, India.
authors.forename: Sb
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Athanikar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, India.
authors.forename: Us
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dinesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reshme
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, India.
authors.forename: Ra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Divyashree
keywords: Erythroderma; subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus