title: Cheek and periorbital peculiar discoid lupus erythematosus: rare clinical presentation mimicking tinea faciei, cutaneous granulomatous disease or blepharitis.
abstract: We present clinically peculiar facial discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) that mimicked tinea faciei. Although DLE is a chronic autoimmune dermatosis, it has a variety of rare clinical presentations, including periorbital DLE, comedonic DLE and hypertrophic DLE recently. In this case, a scaly, erythematous lesion on the eyelid and the central healed, mildly elevated, annularly distributed facial DLE mimicked tinea faciei, complicating our diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Umemoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshinobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakatabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Eri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakurai
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Demitsu
keywords: Blepharitis; Cutaneous granulomatous disease; Discoid lupus erythematosus; Tinea faciei