title: [A special form of lupus disease. Deep cutaneous lupus. Apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: Deep cutaneous lupus is a clinical form of lupus disease for which a very old description has recently been brought up to date. Two new cases are reported here and a review of the literature makes it possible to analyse the clinical, biochemical, histological, and immunological features of this panniculitis. Different from the Weber-Christian syndrome, it is characterized by repeated eruptions of nodules and/or subcutaneous plaques, and histologically by vasculitis, lymphocyte infiltration, and sometimes te presence of immunoglobulins on the basal dermal membrane and around the vessels.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008177:Lupus Vulgaris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Une forme particulière de la maladie lupique; le lupus cutané profond. A propos de deux observations