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Cutaneous lupus

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What is your approach for severe SCLE in patients unable to tolerate HCQ?

How would you approach management of a young male patient with discoid lupus who has had minimal response to hydroxychloroquine (and subtherapeutic whole blood levels) who continues to use tobacco products?

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What is your approach to severe discoid lupus refractory to conventional topical and systemic therapies?

(Refractory to mycophenolate, azathioprine, and methotrexate. UpToDate suggests thalidomide or IVIG with mixed efficacy, while there are some case rep...

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Have you seen drug induced SCLE from IL-17 inhibitors?

And if so, what is your approach to the diagnosis?

1 Answer available

How will you utilize newly FDA approved anifrolumab for SLE in your practice?

2 Answers available

What is your treatment approach to persistent chillblains lesions in the absence of systemic lupus?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the treatment of bullous cutaneous lupus?

When would you de-escalate therapy?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Autoimmunity reviews, 2009-02

The risk of ultraviolet radiation exposure from indoor lamps in lupus erythematosus.

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2013-07

Vitamin D in systemic lupus erythematosus: modest association with disease activity and the urine protein-to-creatinine ratio.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 Mar 24

Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Anifrolumab in Adults With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results of a Phase II Open-Label Extension Study.

Rev Med Interne, 2016 Oct 13

[Blood concentration of hydroxychloroquine in systemic lupus erythematosus care: Usefulness and limits].

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2021 Mar 30

Clinical Significance of Monitoring Hydroxychloroquine Levels in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

JAMA Dermatol,

Hydroxychloroquine-induced pigmentation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study.

Mod Rheumatol, 2020 Sep 17

Anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody to the type I interferon receptor subunit 1, for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: an overview from clinical trials.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Feb 13

The number of flares patients experience impacts on damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus: data from a multiethnic Latin American cohort.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Jan 04

Organ damage in patients treated with belimumab versus standard of care: a propensity score-matched comparative analysis.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Apr 16

Treat-to-target in systemic lupus erythematosus: recommendations from an international task force.

N Engl J Med, 2019 Dec 18

Trial of Anifrolumab in Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology, 2013-06

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus: diagnosis and treatment.

Dermatol Ther, 2016 Apr 12

Review of treatment for discoid lupus erythematosus.

Am J Clin Dermatol,

Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus: a review and update to diagnosis and treatment.

Clinical and experimental dermatology, 2021 Mar 09

Brodalumab-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

JAAD case reports, 2019 Mar 01

Ustekinumab-induced subacute cutaneous lupus.

Dermatologic therapy, 2020 May 03

Secukinumab-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Arthritis care & research, 2016 Jan

Vitamin D Supplementation in Adolescents and Young Adults With Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus for Improvement in Disease Activity and Fatigue Scores: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Lupus, 2014 Feb 06

Vitamin D and cutaneous lupus erythematosus: effect of vitamin D replacement on disease severity.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2023 Oct 12

EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2015 Jan 30

Influence of smoking on the efficacy of antimalarials in cutaneous lupus: a meta-analysis of the literature.

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 2016 Dec 20

S2k guideline for treatment of cutaneous lupus erythematosus - guided by the European Dermatology Forum (EDF) in cooperation with the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV).

Arthritis care & research, 2023 Nov 28

Reference Range of Hydroxychloroquine Blood Levels That Can Reduce Odds of Active Lupus and Prevent Flares.

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