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13 mar 2019 · LEP is more common in women and has a female to male ratio of 4.5:1. The age of onset ranges from 20 to 60 years, and the mean age is 36 years. The frequency of occurrence of lupus erythematosus panniculitis in SLE is approximately 1% to 3%.
Results. Of 61 patients, 52 (85%) were female; the mean age at symptom onset was 35.8 years (range, 2-67 years). Lupus erythematosus panniculitis involved 2 or more locations at presentation in 36 patients (59%), for a total of 105 distinct lesions.
Early diagnosis and proper treatment is pivotal to improve the prognosis of such patients. INTRODUCTION. Lupus erythematosus panniculitis (LEP), also called lupus erythematosus profundus, is a rare variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE). 1–4 LEP commonly presents in the third-to-sixth decades of life, with female predilection ...
The best described forms of connective tissue panniculitis are lupus erythematosus panniculitis (LEP) and lupus profundus, panniculitis associated with dermatomyositis, and morphea and scleroderma associated panniculitis.
5 cze 2023 · Lupus erythematosus panniculitis (LEP) is a type of lupus that causes painful lesions under the skin. Learn about its symptoms, causes, and treatment.
Lupus panniculitis is a chronic recurrent panniculitis that appears in approximately 1% to 3% of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus. 114,115 Lupus panniculitis is more frequent in women than in men, and the lesions have a predilection for the upper arms, shoulders, face, and buttocks, which are areas infrequently involved by other ...
14 gru 2018 · Background and objective: Lupus panniculitis (LP) is a rare variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, which diagnosis requires clinicopathological correlation, especially in those patients without any other manifestation of lupus erythematosus (LE).
