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Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
Author(s) -
Majamaa H,
Vaalasti A,
Vaajalahti P,
Reunala T
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00496.x
Subject(s) - medicine , folliculitis , dermatology , eosinophilic , disease , pathology
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis is a rase dermatosis and the treatment is difficult because the underlying pathogenic mechanism is unknown. The authors report a case of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (Ofuji's disease) in a 50‐year‐old man who died 9 years after onset of the disease.