Annular atrophic plaques of the face. a variety of atrophic discoid lupus erythematosus?
Chorzelski, T.P.; Jablonska, S.; Blaszyczyk, M.; Fabjanska, L.
Archives of Dermatology 112(8): 1143-1145
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-987X PMID: 782372 Document Number: 106414
In a patient whose condition was diagnosed clinically and pathologically as annular atrophic plaques, the lesions bore some resemblance to morphea, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). In a lesion that appeared recently, which was not DLE clinically, the histological characteristics were consistent with DLE, and immunofluorescence examination disclosed an immunofluorescent band at the epidermal-dermal zone. We suggest that annular atrophic plaques may be an atypical variant of DLE, with a tendency to sclerosing.