A propos d'un cas rare de panniculite lupique de diagnostic difficile au CHU Departemental Borgou/Alibori (Benin).

We report an unusual case of lupus panniculitis or Kaposi-Irgang disease, of difficult diagnosis. A 40-year-old woman without particular pathological history had consulted in the Service of Dermatology of the Departemental CHU Borgou/Alibori for nodular and painful lesions of the trunk and the thoracic members having begun in the right breast and evolved for eight continuous months. The dermatological examination discovered on the trunk and the thoracic members, nodular hurts under an erythema skin, painful at the palpation; of diameters varying between one and five centimeters. Anatomical examination and immunohistochemistry helped to retain the diagnosis of lupus panniculitis and the patient was given Prednisone orally in degressive doses. Skin lesions regressed after three months. Anatomical-clinical confrontation is essential to retain a positive diagnosis of rare skin diseases such as panniculitis lupus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]