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Materias / palabras clave: cutaneous tuberculosis; lupus vulgaris; “turkey ear”

Materias / palabras clave: psoriasis; connective tissue; cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease characterized by complex immune disturbances concerning humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. Despite intensive research, many pathological processes regarding this diso...

Antimalarial drugs used in medicine for over 300 years, nowadays, due to their anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and antiproliferative photoprotective properties, are used in the therapy of many dermatologic and rheuma...

Introduction. Rituximab is a chimeric human-mouse monoclonal antibody,which binds to the CD20 antigen on B and pre-B lymphocytesand causes depletion of CD20+ cells in the mechanism of complement-dependent and independent...

Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease that very rarely affects children. Clinical differences in locations of skin lesions led to the distinction of infantile versus childhood pemphigoid. Mucous membrane...

Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a variant of lichen planus, leading to permanent hair loss from the frontal hairline. It occurs mainly in postmenopausal women, however, the role of hormonal factors in the pathogenesis of t...

Introduction. Rowell’s syndrome is a rare subtype of subacute lupus erythematosus associated with erythema multiforme-like skin lesions, positive antinuclear antibodies and anti-Ro/La-antibodies. Objective . To pr...

Connective tissue diseases are a group of diseases with a complex etiology characterized by abnormal activity of the immune system. In the last decade, the role of the gut microbiota as a potential modulator of diseases ...