PMID- 22170759
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120913
LR  - 20120418
IS  - 1477-0962 (Electronic)
IS  - 0961-2033 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 6
DP  - 2012 May
TI  - The last word on the so-called 'Rowell's syndrome'?
PG  - 577-85
LID - 10.1177/0961203311430513 [doi]
AB  - To date, 71 patients having the so-called 'Rowell's syndrome' (RS) have been 
      reported in the literature. However, most of them did not show all the clinical 
      and serological features first described by Rowell and co-workers in 1963. 
      Moreover, since then, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) has been 
      identified and the diagnostic criteria as well as the clinical features of 
      erythema multiforme (EM) defined. Accordingly several authors have questioned the 
      existence of RS over the past years. In the present paper, the main clinical, 
      histopathological and immunopathological features of both SCLE and EM are 
      described and all of the cases of RS reported in the literature are also reviewed 
      in depth. A real association between discoid LE and EM was present only in a 
      minority of cases and could be considered a mere coincidence. As for other 
      associations, e.g. those between CLE and lichen planus or psoriasis, the 
      coexistence of CLE and EM does not justify the framing of a separate syndrome as 
      suggested by Rowell et al.
FAU - Antiga, E
AU  - Antiga E
AD  - Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Section of Clinical, 
      Allergo-immunological and Infettivological Dermatology, University of Florence, 
      Florence, Italy. emiliano.antiga@unifi.it
FAU - Caproni, M
AU  - Caproni M
FAU - Bonciani, D
AU  - Bonciani D
FAU - Bonciolini, V
AU  - Bonciolini V
FAU - Fabbri, P
AU  - Fabbri P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20111214
PL  - England
TA  - Lupus
JT  - Lupus
JID - 9204265
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Child
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Erythema Multiforme/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lichen Planus/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psoriasis/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Syndrome
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/12/16 06:00
MHDA- 2012/09/14 06:00
CRDT- 2011/12/16 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/09/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0961203311430513 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0961203311430513 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Lupus. 2012 May;21(6):577-85. doi: 10.1177/0961203311430513. Epub 2011 Dec 14.