Examples of cutaneous findings that can occur in SLE*

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (ie, acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus)

Bullous lupus erythematosus

Nonscarring alopecia

Lupus hair

Telogen effluvium

Vascular findings

Vasculitis

Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis (palpable purpura)
Urticarial vasculitis
Polyarteritis nodosa-like cutaneous lesions

Cutaneous findings associated with antiphospholipid antibodies

Livedo reticularis
Leg ulcers
Cutaneous necrosis
Thrombophlebitis
Digital infarcts

Acrocyanosis

Degos disease-like lesions

Livedoid vasculopathy

Periungual telangiectasia

Raynaud’s phenomenon

* Not an exhaustive list. Patients with features that overlap systemic lupus erythematous and another connective tissue disease may exhibit cutaneous findings consistent with the latter disease (eg, sclerodactyly, rheumatoid nodules, heliotrope eruption). Other infrequent associations have been reported (eg, erythromelalgia, sweet syndrome, papulonodular mucinosis, porphyria cutanea tarda, anetoderma, etc).

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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Examples of cutaneous findings that can occur in SLE*