A dermatologist diagnosed Denan Lance with discoid lupus in 2008. Lance, 38, an account executive with Clear Channel Media + Entertainment in Richmond, Virginia, had heard of lupus, but she didn’t ...

A dermatologist diagnosed Denan Lance with discoid lupus in 2008. Lance, 38, an account executive with Clear Channel Media + Entertainment in Richmond, Virginia, had heard of lupus, but she didn’t ...

The patient had been diagnosed with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) in 1955, at the age of 17 years, based upon a typical rash and skin biopsy. In the early 1980s he developed complex partial ...

[1,2] Hypertrophic LE is similar to discoid LE but with marked hyperkeratosis ... When the palms and soles are involved, hypertrophic lupus produces localized or partially diffuse keratoderma.

People living with the disease have been given hope of lifelong relief by a new cell therapy which has had successful results in Germany.