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A 30-year old African American woman presents with multiple scarred plaques on her scalp, ears, and neck. The lesions are occasionally pruritic and even painful, especially in the early stages when they first appear. She notes that outbreaks are worse during the summer, and she admits that she is very conscious of her appearance year-wide, often wearing her hair past her shoulders and clothing that covers her neck to help hide her skin. She denies joint pain, shortness of breath, chest pain, or ever noticing any ulcers in her mouth.
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Oboite, M.E., Love, P.B. (2016). Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. In: Love, P., Kundu, R. (eds) Clinical Cases in Skin of Color. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23615-5_1
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