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Bullous eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells’ syndrome) associated with Churg–Strauss syndrome
Author(s) -
Schuttelaar MLA,
Jonkman MF
Publication year - 2003
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.1468-3083.2003.00648.x
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilia , dermatology , cellulitis , pathology , eosinophilic , vasculitis , pathogenesis , disease
We report a patient with Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) with asthma, eosinophilia, nasal polyposis and ANCA‐associated multisystem vasculitis, who's skin eruption started with erythematous urticarial‐plaques followed by haemorrhagic bullae. Histology of the plaques revealed ‘flame figures’ in the dermis with no granulomatous or vasculitic process, consistent with the diagnosis of eosinophilic cellulitis or Wells’ syndrome. The association of CSS and Wells’ syndrome observed in this patient may have a common pathogenesis. CSS may induce Wells’ syndrome by an unknown factor.