Severe visceral disease in subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus has been heralded as a marker of relatively benign subset of systemic lupus erythematosus. In this article, we describe two cases with severe visceral disease and suggest that it may be less reliable as a predictor of benign disease than was previously accepted.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index