[Rosacea: histopathologic study of 75 cases].

Few histological studies have been devoted to rosacea, a common but ill-defined disease. We have examined histological sections obtained from 75 patients (41 men aged from 23 to 72 years and 34 women aged from 32 to 68 years), thereby confirming the diagnosis of rosacea. On average, 4 sections from each patient were examined.

[Disseminated lupus erythematosus without antinuclear antibodies or other autoantibodies].

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are found in the majority of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report here the only documented case, out of a series of 38 patients, in which SLE was diagnosed in spite of the fact that we failed to demonstrate any type of autoantibodies. A 25-year-old black woman presented with 6 of the 11 criteria of the American Rheumatism Association for classification of SLE, between August 1984 and April 1985, i.