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Pruritic follicular facial rash: Eosinophilic folliculitis
Author(s) -
Kossard Steven,
Saywell Laura
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1997.tb01137.x
Subject(s) - medicine , folliculitis , papulopustular , dermatology , eosinophilic , biopsy , rash , demodex , pathology , acne , rosacea , botany , biology , mite
SUMMARY The authors describe a 30‐year‐old woman who over 2 years had a persistent papulopustular follicular eruption on the face. Skin biopsy showed eosinophilic folliculitis and there was a rapid response to indomethacin.