Although clinical manifestations are varied, the skin is an important targetorgan, which contributes to the inclusion of skin lesions in 4 out of the 17 new criteria for the diagnosis of the disease, according to the systemic lupus international collaborating clinics. Nowadays several therapeutic interventions are available to the treatment of cutaneous lupus. Lupus erythematosus is a connective tissue autoimmune disorder that demonstrates systemic, cutaneous, or both systemic and cutaneous manifestations. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Abstract discoid lupus erythematosus is a chronic, autoimmune skin disease characterized by welldefined, erythematosus, scaly. Manifestaciones cutaneas del lupus eritematoso inmunologia. The discoid lupus erythematosus affects the skin only. Lupus erythematosus le is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that includes a broad spectrum of manifestations, ranging from systemic disease systemic lupus erythematosus sle to purely cutaneous forms cutaneous lupus erythematosus cle. Cutaneous lesions are classified as specific and nonspecific. Skin lesions are classified according to the clinical and histopathologic features, which are of great relevancy for the management of the disease. The variety of clinical manifestations of the disease is reflected in the broad spectrum of laboratory patterns. Tratamiento del lupus eritematoso cutaneo resistente.