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Hypereosinophilic syndrome as prodrome of bullous pemphigoid:report of a case
Author(s) -
Palleschi G. M.,
Caproni M.,
Falcos D.,
Giacomelli A.,
Fabbri P.
Publication year - 1996
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 - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1996.tb00180.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypereosinophilia , prodrome , hypereosinophilic syndrome , dermatology , bullous pemphigoid , spongiosis , eosinophilia , pathology , immunology , antibody , psychosis , psychiatry
Persistent hypereosinophilia, cardiac involvement and a recurrent erythematous‐papular pruritic eruption histologically characterized by eosinophilic spongiosis are described in a 77‐year‐old man. This condition, suggestive of “idiopathic” hypereosinophilic syndrome, represented the prodromic phase of atypical bullous pemphigoid, which manifested 7 months later.