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Wells’ syndrome: a clinical and histopathologic review of seven cases
Author(s) -
Moossavi Meena,
Mehregan Darius R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01705.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cellulitis , histiocyte , cellulite , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , dermatology , edema , eosinophilic , surgery , physics , thermodynamics
Wells’ syndrome, or eosinophilic cellulitis, is characterized clinically by an acute dermatitis resembling cellulitis, which evolves into violaceous plaques that resolve spontaneously without scarring. The histopathologic features are dynamic, starting with dermal edema and infiltration of eosinophils, the development of “flame figures,” and finishing with the appearance of phagocytic histiocytes. We present the clinical and histopathologic features of seven cases of eosinophilic cellulitis.