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Ulceration in Rheumatic Disease

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An ulcer is a secondary skin lesion in which there is loss of the integrity of the skin. Ulcers result from the evolution of a primary skin disease process (primary skin lesion). In this chapter we discuss the definition, causes, differential diagnosis, and biopsy of ulcers in the setting of rheumatologic disease.

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, 835 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4E8, Canada

    Othman Abahussein MBBS, SSC – DERM, ABHS- DERM & Jan Peter Dutz M.D., FRCPC

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  1. Othman Abahussein MBBS, SSC – DERM, ABHS- DERM
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Correspondence to Jan Peter Dutz M.D., FRCPC .

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence Department of Biomedicine, Florence, Italy

    Marco Matucci-Cerinic

  2. Division of Rheumatology, UCLA Medical Center Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Daniel Furst

  3. Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, California, USA

    David Fiorentino

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Abahussein, O., Dutz, J.P. (2014). Ulceration in Rheumatic Disease. In: Matucci-Cerinic, M., Furst, D., Fiorentino, D. (eds) Skin Manifestations in Rheumatic Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7849-2_8

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