Abstract
We present a case of a 55-year-old female with unilateral periorbital edema and erythema over the past one year without systemic features or other skin signs, who had photosensitivity and positive antinuclear antibody and also SS-A 60kD antibody. Treatment with topical corticosteroids had remained unsuccessful along one year. We suspected a clinical picture association with cutaneous lupus erythematosus including photosensitivity,chronic cutaneous lesion finding and positive autoantibodies and observed a fovarable clinical response to systemic antimalarial therapy within a short time. The observation has confirmed our diagnosis. Similar cases were rarely reported in literature. The persistent edema and erythema involving periorbital area can occur as a rare manifestation of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
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