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Wells' syndrome.
Eosinophilic cellulitis/Wells' syndrome is a rare dermatosis with erythematous, urticarial plaques that become more indurated and eventually have grey blue discoloration. The histopathology is distinctive, with a diffuse infiltrate composed predominantly of eosinophils but admixed with lymphocytes, histicytes and occasionally multinucleated histiocytes. There is dermal edema with so called "fla...
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A 31-year-old Caucasian female presented to the emergency department (ED) with chief complaint of a gradually progressive right extremity rash for past two days. The patient described a warm, red area over the dorsum of her forearm. The lesion began as a small spot that overnight came to involve most of the arm. The patient, who had similar episodes in the past on her back, stomach, and legs, h...
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Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a multisystem granulomatous vasculitis that is characterized by peripheral eosinophilia and the infiltration of eosinophils into systemic organs. The skin lesions of CSS consist mainly of palpable purpura and nodules. Wells' syndrome (WS) is a rare inflammatory dermatosis that is associated with recurrent granulomatous dermatitis and eosinophilia. Since these two...
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Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is a rare autoinflammatory disorder. It is due to NLRP3 gene mutations, responsible for excessive caspase-1 activation and interleukin 1β processing. MWS is the intermediate phenotype of severity of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome. Urticarial rash, conjunctivitis, recurrent fever, arthralgia, and fatigue are the main clinical manifestations of MWS. Yet, sensor...
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Vol. 26 No. 4, 2014 541 Received April 2, 2013, Revised June 21, 2013, Accepted for publication September 7, 2013 Corresponding author: Anargyros Kouris, Second Department of Dermatology, “A. Sygros” Hospital, 5, I. Dragoumi Street, 161-21 Kesariani, Athens, Greece. Tel: 30-2107265101, Fax: 30-2107265102, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Dermatology Online Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2229-5178
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5178.101815