Lupus Erythematosus Profundus

Abstract

Kingsbury, in 1918, presented before the New York Dermatological Society a young woman with old favus scars in the scalp, discoid lupus erythematosus of the cheek, and subcutaneous nodules on one arm, of about a year's duration.¹Wise, in the discussion on Kingsbury's case, remarked that it was the third time in a year he had encountered lupus erythematosus in combination with sarcoid. MacKee said he had seen nodules occur with lupus erythematosus before, but that they were ordinarily edematous and transitory. There was no histologic confirmation of the clinical diagnosis of sarcoid, and it seems probable that this was the first published American observation of what has since been called (by Irgang,²by me,³by Costa and Junqueira,⁴and by Ramos e Silva and Portugal⁵) lupus erythematosus profundus. LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND SARCOID The occurrence of subcutaneous nodules and plaques in