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Vitiligo associated with malignant melanoma and lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
GÜL Ülker,
KILIÇ Arzu,
TULUNAY Özden,
KAYGUSUZ Gülşah
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00235.x
Subject(s) - vitiligo , medicine , dermatology , lupus erythematosus , melanoma , discoid lupus erythematosus , systemic lupus erythematosus , immunology , pathology , disease , cancer research , antibody
There exists several reports where malignant melanoma is associated with vitiligo, vitiligo with discoid lupus erythematosus and lupus erythematosus with urticaria. 1–6 However, there are no reports in which vitiligo, malignant melanoma, lupus erythematosus and urticaria coexist in the same case. Herein, we report a case of a patient who developed lupus erythematosus, malignant melanoma, vitiligo and urticaria simultaneously.