LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS PROFUNDUS AROUND THE SALIVARY-GLANDS - A CASE RESEMBLING SUBMANDIBULAR SALIVARY-GLAND DISEASE

Authors
OGURA N FUJISAKU A JODO S ICHIKAWA K TSUTSUMI A MUKAI M KOIKE T
Citation
N. Ogura et al., LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS PROFUNDUS AROUND THE SALIVARY-GLANDS - A CASE RESEMBLING SUBMANDIBULAR SALIVARY-GLAND DISEASE, Lupus, 6(5), 1997, pp. 477-479
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Lupus → ACNP
ISSN journal
09612033
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
477 - 479
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-2033(1997)6:5<477:LPATS->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In a 29 year old Japanese woman with SLE, a bilateral submandibular ma ss was detected. Computed tomographic (CT) scan suggested inflammatory changes around the submandibular glands. Histological findings of the deep skin biopsy showed typical changes of lupus erythematosus profun dus (LEP). LEP should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a n unexplained submandibular mass in a subject with SLE.