lupus erythematosus panniculitis
Histologic Features
- A lobular panniculitis with hyalinization of fat lobules and infiltrate of fat by lymphocytes, neutrophils with nuclear dusts
- Increased mucin deposition between collagen bundles in the dermis and within fat lobules
- Vacuolar degeneration of basal layer of the overlying epidermis
- Nuclear fragments within the edematous papillary dermis
- Calcification and focal ossification with granulomatous reaction
- Lymphoid follicles with many plasma cells
Updated Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:30:48 PM