Tissue eosinophilia: not an indicator of drug-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Abstract

Tissue eosinophilia is not a differentiating histopathologic feature of DI-SCLE. Careful review of a patient's drug history in correlation with clinical findings remains the standard for identifying a drug as an etiologic or exacerbating factor in patients with SCLE.

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Subjects

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Biopsy
• Drug Eruptions
• Eosinophilia
• Eosinophils
• Female
• Humans
• Leukocyte Count
• Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mucins
• Retrospective Studies
• Single-Blind Method
• Statistics, Nonparametric
• Young Adult

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Authors

• Paul B Hillesheim
• Soon Bahrami
• Brooke G Jeffy
• Jeffrey P Callen

Publication date

2012-02-21

Journal

Journal topics

• Dermatology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Archives of dermatology

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, 530 S Jackson St, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. pbhill01 [at] louisville.edu

Release reference

Arch Dermatol. 2012 Feb;148(2):190-3

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