Multiple dermatofibromas accompanied by eruptive benign keratoses in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

J Dermatol. 1996 Sep;23(9):619-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1996.tb02665.x.

Abstract

We described a 39-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed 20 dermatofibromas accompanied by more than 30 eruptive benign keratoses while she was receiving systemic corticosteroid therapy. We are not aware of a previous case of multiple dermatofibromas accompanying multiply eruptive keratoses. The autoimmune disease or altered immunity, or both, may have played a role in the pathogenesis of these conditions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / complications*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology
  • Humans
  • Keratosis / complications*
  • Keratosis / pathology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones