Root Admin Guide Posted February 9, 2011 Root Admin Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 The Classic Butterfly of Rosacea and the T - Zone In discussing rosacea the 'butterfly' or T - Zone usually comes up. Butterfly Here is a graphic of the classic butterfly in rosacea: Image - Wikipedia Commons The facial butterfly is usually associated with rosacea but can also be found in lupus patients. "In the case of lupus, the butterfly or malar rash can appear on other parts of the body, aside from the face. For instance, it could appear on the arms, legs, or trunk." [1] "The prototypical butterfly-shaped skin lesion of SLE, which has also led many of the patient organizations to identify with the butterfly, has in essence retained its position over time. Defined as 'fixed erythema, flat or raised, over the malar eminences, tending to spare the nasolabial folds', it sometimes poses problems in differential diagnosis, mainly against rosacea and occasionally against dermatomyositis." [2] RRDi Logo The RRDi uses the butterfly as part of its logo. What is the butterfly effect in rosacea? T - Zone The T - Zone can be clearly seen in this graphic: Image - bellasugar.com [1] Reply to this Topic There is a reply to this topic button somewhere on the device you are reading this post. End Notes [1] Bel Marra Health [2] Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2020; 22(6): 18.New Criteria for Lupus Martin Aringer, Nicolai Leuchten, Sindhu R. Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Guide Posted June 13, 2017 Author Root Admin Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 Jennifer Brown has the classic butterfly shown in this video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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