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Table 14-3

  1. LE-specific skin disease [cutaneous LEa(CLE)]
    • Acute cutaneous LE (ACLE)
      1. Localized ACLE (malar rash; butterfly rash)
      2. Generalized ACLE (maculopapular lupus rash, malar rash, photosensitive lupus dermatitis)
    • Subacute cutaneous LE (SCLE)
      1. Annular SCLE
      2. Papulosquamous SCLE (disseminated DLE, subacute disseminated LE, maculopapular photosensitive LE)
    • Chronic cutaneous LE (CCLE)
      1. Classic discoid LE (DLE): (a) localized DLE; (b) generalized DLE
      2. Hypertrophic/verrucous DLE
      3. Lupus profundus
      4. Mucosal DLE: (a) oral DLE; (b) conjunctival DLE
      5. Lupus tumidus (urticarial plaque of LE)
      6. Chilblains LE (chilblains lupus)
      7. Lichenoid DLE (LE/lichen planus overlap)
  2. LE-nonspecific skin disease
    • These range from necrotizing and urticarial vasculitis to livedo reticularis, Raynaud phenomenon, dermal mucinosis, and bullous lesions in LE.

a Alternative or synonymous terms are listed in parentheses; abbreviations are indicated in brackets.

Source: Sontheimer RD. Lupus 1997;6(2):84-95. Reprinted with permission of Sage. Copyright 1997 by Stockton Press.