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Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis in two neutropaenic patients
Author(s) -
Keane F. M.,
Munn S. E.,
Buckley D. A.,
Hopster D.,
Mufti G.J.,
Du Vivier A. W. P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2001.00785.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , antibiotics , chemotherapy , hidradenitis suppurativa , limiting , histology , pathology , disease , mechanical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , engineering
We describe two patients, who presented with erythematous facial plaques, in keeping with neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis, during chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia. Both patients were neutropaenic and febrile. Histology showed a dermal neutrophilic infiltrate around the eccrine glands with gland destruction. The importance of recognizing this disorder is to prevent the inappropriate use of antibiotics as it is self limiting.