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- Title
Preliminary Evaluation of in vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Features of Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus.
- Authors
Wang, Ying; Chen, Lixin; Qin, Bei; Gao, Xibo; Li, Qinfeng
- Abstract
Introduction: Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is a rare autoimmune disease, which needs to be distinguished from eczema, congenital syphilis, and tinea corporis in newborns. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) could be a helpful noninvasive diagnostic tool, which has been used to evaluate several inflammatory skin conditions. The aim of this study was to describe the RCM characteristics of NLE. Methods: Eleven NLE patients were included in the study, and all patients were evaluated clinically with RCM. We also evaluated RCM images from 11 eczema patients as controls. Results: Some major key diagnostic features of NLE can be observed by RCM: an enlarged honeycomb pattern (9/11, 81.8%), round-to-oval cyst-like structures were present (6/11, 54.5%), the normal ring-like structures were totally or partially obliterated (11/11, 100%) at the level of the dermo-epidermal junction, medium refractivity collagen fibers that were disorganized (10/11, 90.9%), numerous high refractivity round cells (11/11, 100%) in the dermis. Conclusion: RCM allows the visualization of major key diagnostic features of NLE and serves as a complementary diagnostic tool for NLE.
- Subjects
LUPUS erythematosus; CONFOCAL microscopy; RINGWORM; REFLECTANCE; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; ECZEMA
- Publication
Dermatology (10188665), 2024, Vol 240, Issue 2, p312
- ISSN
1018-8665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000536130