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Zuber TJ, Pearlstein MV, Hwang CJ, et al. Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Clin Case Rep. 2019;7(7):1422-1425doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2247.
Zuber, T. J., Pearlstein, M. V., Hwang, C. J., Eftekhari, K., Lugo-Somolinos, A., & Googe, P. B. (2019). Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Clinical case reports, 7(7), 1422-1425. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2247
Zuber, Taylor J, et al. "Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus." Clinical case reports vol. 7,7 (2019): 1422-1425. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2247
Zuber TJ, Pearlstein MV, Hwang CJ, Eftekhari K, Lugo-Somolinos A, Googe PB. Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Clin Case Rep. 2019 Jun 14;7(7):1422-1425. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2247. eCollection 2019 Jul. PMID: 31360503; PMCID: PMC6637342.
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Clin Case Rep. 2019 Jun 14;7(7):1422-1425. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2247. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Periorbital swelling and episcleritis may be a sign of cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Clinical case reports

Taylor J Zuber, Michelle V Pearlstein, Christopher J Hwang, Kian Eftekhari, Aida Lugo-Somolinos, Paul B Googe

Affiliations

  1. University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill North Carolina.
  2. Department of Dermatology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina.
  3. Department of Ophthalmology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina.
  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina.

PMID: 31360503 PMCID: PMC6637342 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2247

Abstract

It is important that physicians recognize persistent periorbital edema and conjunctival injection as possible disease manifestations of CLE, especially prior to cutaneous involvement. This may lead to more rapid diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords: cutaneous lupus erythematosus; episcleritis; lupus erythematosus tumidus; periorbital edema

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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