Diagnosis: Systemic lupus erythematosus
Description: Necrotic ulcers.
Morphology: Ulcer
Site: Thigh
Sex: F
Age: 35
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory:
A middle-aged woman diagnosed with SLE since many years. She presented with slightly painful two necrotic superficial ulcers on a background of slight livedo reticularis on her thigh of two weeks duration. Biopsy showed non-specific ulceration with vasculitic changes in the dermis.