[Ungual lesions in lupus erythematosus: A retrospective study of 14 patients].

DISCUSSION: Ungual lesions do not appear specific and do not in themselves allow diagnosis of LE. They can in fact occur in other diseases such as connective tissue disorders. However, their diagnosis is important because certain of them, such as pterygium, can lead to severe ungual dystrophia, with functional consequences. In our study, pterygium and onychoschizia appeared to be associated with cutaneous discoid lupus erythematosus and multisystemic involvement. The coexistence of peri-ungual lesions related to cutaneous lupus erythematosus and/or multisystemic involvement does not out differentiation of lupus ungual lesions and post-inflammatory lesions. PMID: 32763004 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annales de Dermatologie et de Cenereologie - August 2, 2020 Category: Dermatology Authors: Wagner C, Chasset F, Francès C, Lipsker D Tags: Ann Dermatol Venereol Source Type: research