Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case

We present the rare case of a 47-year-old patient, suffering from cheilitis granulomatosa and lupus erythematosus discoid: this association is really exceptional because only once reported in English literature. In addition, the treatment of cheilitis granulomatosa is a challenge for the dermatologi...

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Autores principales: Nazzaro, Gianluca, Muratori, Simona, Carrera, Carlo Giovanni, Coggi, Antonella, Gianotti, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26312716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153762
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author Nazzaro, Gianluca
Muratori, Simona
Carrera, Carlo Giovanni
Coggi, Antonella
Gianotti, Raffaele
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description We present the rare case of a 47-year-old patient, suffering from cheilitis granulomatosa and lupus erythematosus discoid: this association is really exceptional because only once reported in English literature. In addition, the treatment of cheilitis granulomatosa is a challenge for the dermatologist: the gold standard, represented by steroids, is in fact designed as a short-time option. Our report confi rms the good efficacy of methotrexate as a steroid-sparing agent.
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spelling pubmed-45405502015-08-20 Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case Nazzaro, Gianluca Muratori, Simona Carrera, Carlo Giovanni Coggi, Antonella Gianotti, Raffaele An Bras Dermatol Case Report We present the rare case of a 47-year-old patient, suffering from cheilitis granulomatosa and lupus erythematosus discoid: this association is really exceptional because only once reported in English literature. In addition, the treatment of cheilitis granulomatosa is a challenge for the dermatologist: the gold standard, represented by steroids, is in fact designed as a short-time option. Our report confi rms the good efficacy of methotrexate as a steroid-sparing agent. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4540550/ /pubmed/26312716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153762 Text en © 2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
title Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
title_full Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
title_fullStr Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
title_full_unstemmed Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
title_short Cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
title_sort cheilitis granulomatosa associated with lupus erythematosus discoid and treated with methotrexate: report of a case
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26312716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153762
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