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Lupus Profundus

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•often resolve with a depressed scar
•unique among the panniculitides in that it characteristically involves the upper parts of the body
•histology:  in over half the cases there are epidermal changes of LE (particularly in those complicating DLE)
•characteristic feature (>50%) is the presence of lymphoid follicles