Eosinophilic Cellulitis (Wells' Syndrome) Successfully Treated With Low-dose Cyclosporine
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Eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells' syndrome) successfully treated with low-dose cyclosporine.
Eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells'syndrome) is an uncommon skin disorder. We report two adult male patients who had recurrent erythematous plaques and a nodular lesion on the abdomen. The histopathologic feature of their skin biopsies similarly indicated a marked infiltrate of eosinophils in the dermis with the fashion of "flame figures". One of the patients demonstrated blood eosinophilia. Given ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1011-8934,1598-6357
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2001.16.5.664