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Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous ... areas -> Scaring alopecia ... inflammation onto hair ... Destruction of hair ... mechanism) -> Alopecia
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Framework for Hair ... Localized / Focal Hair ... : - Hair Shafts ... - Broken Hair ... Diffuse Hair
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... scalp and facial hair ... (all body hair) ... • Congenital hair ... abnormalities - Hair
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia ... are evocative of SLE ... management of SLE ... Lupusreference #SLE
Primary Dermatologic Nail Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nail Plate - Pitting
 • Psoriasis
 • Alopecia Areata
Nail
Psoriasis • Alopecia ... Telangiectasia • SLE
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Focal / Localized Hair ... Loss (Alopecia) ... Reversible - Broken Hair ... • Congenital hair ... abnormalities - Hair
Secondary Disseminated Syphilis

Case from my residency that @EstradaElJefe helped me publish in JGIM. One important finding
is the patchy alopecia ... Photo #SkinRash #Alopecia
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Induced Lupus vs SLE ... Erythematosus (SLE ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia ... are evocative of SLE ... management of SLE
Peripheral Blood shows a subset of atypical lymphocytes with hairy-like cytoplasmic projection.
#Clinical #Path #BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
lymphocytes with hairy-like ... #Blood #Smear #Hairy
SLICC SLE Diagnostic Criteria - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical and Immunologic Criteria

CLINICAL CRITERIA
 - ACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS
SLICC SLE Diagnostic ... - NON-SCARRING ALOPECIA ... #Rheumatology #SLE