Circumstances that Led to the Definition of Papuloerythroderma (Ofuji) as an Individual Entity

Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji in a 41-year-old woman

Papuloerythroderma, described by Ofuji in 1984, is characterized by the occurrence of polygonal, erythematous-brown papules, covering the entire skin surface, except skin folds; these changes are accompanied by pruritus and eosinophilia. We report a case of a 41-year-old female patient with melanoerythroderma that has been intensifying since August 2010. The patient's personal and family histor...

Dideoxyinosine-associated Ofuji papuloerythroderma in an HIV-infected patient.

The Importance of Excluding Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas in Patients with a Working Diagnosis of Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji: A Case Series

Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji (PEO) is an erythroderma-like eruption with flat-topped papules that spare the skin folds (a "deck-chair sign" finding). Many infections, medications, and systemic diseases have been associated with PEO, including cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL). The relationship between the clinical presentation of PEO and CTCL remains poorly elucidated. Clinical, laboratory, and ...

Drug-induced papuloerythroderma: analysis of T-cell populations and a literature review.

Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji is characterized by coalescent solid papules that spare the skin folds. Although cutaneous lymphomas and internal malignancies are known associated conditions, the causative agents are unclear in most cases. A number of recent reports have documente d that drugs can induce papuloerythroderma. We review ed the reported cases and our own cases of drug-induc ed papulo e...

What definition of information would be emancipatory one?

Background and Aim: Human-information interaction, either in every day life or in research approaches, depends on pre-assumptions about “what information is”. Sometimes this pre-assumptions become axiomtic in a way that we must return to primary concerns about them to explore new social phenomenas. Information as an object is one of pre-assumptions. In this paper, the mentioned pre-assumptions ...