Annular Erythema Associated with Anti-Ro/SS-A and Anti-La/SS-B Antibodies: a New Case in a Hispanic Patient
Vol. 28 No. 4 (2009), Case Report
Vol. 28 No. 4 (2009)

Annular Erythema Associated with Anti-Ro/SS-A and Anti-La/SS-B Antibodies: a New Case in a Hispanic Patient

Case Report
Published 2009-11-05
  • Sheila Valentín
  • Jorge L. Sánchez
  • Francisco Colón
Sheila Valentín
Jorge L. Sánchez
Francisco Colón
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Keywords

Sjogren's syndrome
Lupus erythematosus
annular erythema

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Valentín, S., Sánchez, J. L., & Colón, F. (2009). Annular Erythema Associated with Anti-Ro/SS-A and Anti-La/SS-B Antibodies: a New Case in a Hispanic Patient. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 28(4). Retrieved from https://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/index.php/prhsj/article/view/264
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Abstract

We describe an 18 year-old male patient who was anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B positive and presented with recurrent annular plaques on the trunk, arms, face, and scalp with evidence of associated patchy alopecia. The skin biopsy revealed a superficial perivascular and periappendegeal lymphocytic infiltrate and focal areas of vacuolar alteration and smudging of the dermoepidermal junction. The patient also presented with a history of xerophthalmia. Skin lesions as well as sicca symptoms responded to antimalarial treatment with hydroxychloroquine. This case demonstrates a new case of annular erythema indistinguishable from those previously described in patients of Asian descent occurring in a Hispanic patient.
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