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A photo quiz about pemphigoid gestationis in a pregnant woman is presented.

Nodular primary cutaneous amyloidosis is the least frequent clinical form of the cutaneous amyloidoses. It may be associated with myeloproliferative disorders, as well as with systemic amyloidosis. Its association with other entities, such as Sjögren's syndrome, has recently been described. We present the case of a female patient with Sjögren's syndrome who developed nodular primary cutaneous amyloidosis.

We present two cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) which began with subacute clinical manifestations. Both cutaneous and systemic lupus are the result of interactions between susceptibility genes and environmental factors such as ultraviolet radiation, giving rise to an anomalous response with hyperreactivity of T and B lymphocytes. Over 50 % of subacute cutaneous lupus cases have or will have SLE, while only 16 to 61 % of SLE cases have acute cutaneous lupus lesions.