Eosinophilic Folliculitis

Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis Associated with Cutaneous Angiosarcoma

Eosinophilic folliculitis in 2 HIV-positive women.

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus-associated eosinophilic folliculitis (HIV-EF) among homosexual men is a commonly reported dermatologic finding, while only 4 cases in HIV-positive women have been documented in the literature to date. This article describes 2 additional cases of HIV-EF in immunocompromised women and reviews the data on this condition. OBSERVATIONS The diagnoses were mad...

Two cases of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis associated with pregnancy

lated to play an important role in the pathogenesis of PG. A marked persistent leukocytosis (White blood cells, >50 000/lL) with bandemia, when the cause is other than leukemia, defines a leukemoid reaction. The major causes of leukemoid reactions include severe infections, intoxications and malignancies. A previous report showed that severe PG with extensive ulceration may have leukocytosis. T...

Widespread Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Nonimmunocompromised Patient

OBJECTIVE We present a case of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis, a rare dermatosis which is often associated with HIV infection or internal malignancies. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION We report the case of a 66-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension. Histopathological examination showed a dense follicular inflammatory infiltrate with abundant eosinophils. The clinical ...

Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis Involving Labial Mucosa, Which Improved with Naproxen

Received May 11, 2012, Revised May 29, 2012, Accepted for publication June 3, 2012 Corresponding author: Kwang Hyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2072-2412, Fax: 82-2-742-7344, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attrib...