Major categories of cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Acute cutaneous LE (ACLE)

Localized ACLE (malar rash, butterfly rash)

Generalized ACLE

Toxic epidermal necrolysis-like eruption

Subacute cutaneous LE (SCLE)

Annular SCLE

Papulosquamous SCLE

Chronic cutaneous LE (CCLE)

Localized DLE

Generalized DLE

Hypertrophic DLE/verrucous DLE

Mucosal DLE

Lupus panniculitis/lupus profundus

Lupus tumidus/tumid lupus*

Chilblains LE

Other clinical variants of cutaneous LE

Lupus-lichen planus overlap syndrome

Rowell syndrome (cutaneous lupus resembling erythema multiforme)

LE: lupus erythematosus; DLE: discoid lupus erythematosus.
* Some authors consider reticular erythematous mucinosis a form of tumid lupus.

References:

Sontheimer RD. The lexicon of cutaneous lupus erythematosus - a review and personal perspective on the nomenclature and classification of the cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus. Lupus 1997; 6:84.
Lee LA, Werth VP. Lupus erythematosus. In: Dermatology, 3rd ed, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP, et al (Eds), Elsevier Limited, 2012. p.615.

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