Dermoscopy in the diagnosis of generalized acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

All the patients satisfied the SLICC criteria for the diagnosis of SLE. Although the diagnosis of a generalized form of ACLE is usually straightforward, it can rarely pose a diagnostic difficulty as a result of its resemblance to drug rash, viral exanthem, polymorphous light eruption, and photo-exacerbated dermatosis like atopic and seborrheic dermatitis. Dear Editor, Acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (ACLE) is well known to occur in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). [Extracted from the article]