Case studies with chronic lupus erythematosus

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Article Title:	Case studies with chronic lupus erythematosus
Authors:	Victor Neamtiu, Floare Folescu
Affiliation:	“Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, Romania
Abstract:	Localized Chronic Lupus Erythematosus is a form of lupus erythematosus, characterized by the presence of skin lesions with a chronic evolution, rarely accompanied by visceral damage. The disease is found at all races, it is twice frequent at women and it affects the people in their thirties and forties especially. The aim of the paper is to determine some favourable facts in LEC occurrence and the evolution and prognosis at LEC sick people. In this paper we used the retrospective analytical survey, as a source of information using the observation sheet and evidence papers. The study was conducted over an eight year period (2001-2008) at Municipal Hospital, Dermatology and Venereology department in Arad over a group of 213 people from which a series of data regarding the frequency and some considerations of this affection were issued. One has to mention the fact that during this disease a series of predisposition factors such as a series of various occasional factors, the most important in the specialized literature being the actinic factor. Due to this fact the disease is more frequent or it is aggravating in the sunny season. This thing is issued from anamnesis and clinical exam (the exposed kin to the ultraviolet rays). In the studied cases, the symptoms started during the sunny season at a 78.12% of the sick people.
Keywords:	chronic lupus erythematosus, localized, case study
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*Correspondence:	Victor Neamtiu, Department of Dermato-Venereology, „Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, no. 1 Feleacului St., Arad, Romania, E-mail: victor_neamtiu@yahoo.com