Types
Lupus erythematosus may manifest as a systemic disease or in a purely cutaneous form also known as incomplete lupus erythematosus. Lupus has four main types:
- systemic
- discoid
- drug-induced
- neonatal
Of these, systemic lupus erythematosus (also known as SLE) is the most common and serious form.
A more thorough categorization of lupus includes the following types:
- Acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
- Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
- Chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus
- Discoid lupus erythematosus
- Childhood discoid lupus erythematosus
- Generalized discoid lupus erythematosus
- Localized discoid lupus erythematosus
- Chilblain lupus erythematosus (Hutchinson)
- Lupus erythematosus-lichen planus overlap syndrome
- Lupus erythematosus panniculitis (Lupus erythematosus profundus)
- Tumid lupus erythematosus
- Verrucous lupus erythematosus (Hypertrophic lupus erythematosus)
- Discoid lupus erythematosus
- Complement deficiency syndromes
- Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
- Neonatal lupus erythematosus
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
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