In a recent issue of CHEST (February 2009), an interesting article was published about the treatment of lupus pernio in 54 patients. We would like to draw attention to the possible confusion that may exist, from a clinical point of view, between this type of cutaneous sarcoidosis and chilblain lupus (CL), which is a rare chronic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus, defined by Hutchinson in 1888.
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