Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Abstract It is important that physicians recognize persistent periorbital edema and conjunctival injection as possible disease manifestations of CLE, especially prior to cutaneous involvement. This may lead to more rapid diagnosis and treatment.

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Main Authors: Taylor J. Zuber, Michelle V. Pearlstein, Christopher J. Hwang, Kian Eftekhari, Aida Lugo‐Somolinos, Paul B. Googe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2247
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spelling doaj-63302707e9ac4541a2d72eb1b304be7c2020-11-25T01:26:23ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042019-07-01771422142510.1002/ccr3.2247Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosusTaylor J. Zuber0Michelle V. Pearlstein1Christopher J. Hwang2Kian Eftekhari3Aida Lugo‐Somolinos4Paul B. Googe5University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Dermatology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Ophthalmology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Ophthalmology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Dermatology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North CarolinaDepartment of Dermatology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North CarolinaAbstract It is important that physicians recognize persistent periorbital edema and conjunctival injection as possible disease manifestations of CLE, especially prior to cutaneous involvement. This may lead to more rapid diagnosis and treatment.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2247cutaneous lupus erythematosusepiscleritislupus erythematosus tumidusperiorbital edema
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author Taylor J. Zuber
Michelle V. Pearlstein
Christopher J. Hwang
Kian Eftekhari
Aida Lugo‐Somolinos
Paul B. Googe
spellingShingle Taylor J. Zuber
Michelle V. Pearlstein
Christopher J. Hwang
Kian Eftekhari
Aida Lugo‐Somolinos
Paul B. Googe
Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Clinical Case Reports
cutaneous lupus erythematosus
episcleritis
lupus erythematosus tumidus
periorbital edema
author_facet Taylor J. Zuber
Michelle V. Pearlstein
Christopher J. Hwang
Kian Eftekhari
Aida Lugo‐Somolinos
Paul B. Googe
author_sort Taylor J. Zuber
title Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
title_short Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
title_full Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
title_fullStr Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
title_sort periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2019-07-01
description Abstract It is important that physicians recognize persistent periorbital edema and conjunctival injection as possible disease manifestations of CLE, especially prior to cutaneous involvement. This may lead to more rapid diagnosis and treatment.
topic cutaneous lupus erythematosus
episcleritis
lupus erythematosus tumidus
periorbital edema
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2247
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