Open AccessWells syndrome
Author(s) -
Manish Bansal,
Tulika Rai,
Shyam S. Pandey
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.101815
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , cellulitis , hyperpigmentation , itching , infiltration (hvac) , eosinophilic , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
Wells syndrome or eosinophilic cellulitis is characterized clinically by an acute dermatitis resembling cellulitis and histopathologically by dermal eosinophilic infiltration. Various morphological presentations have been described. We report a 32-year-old female with recurrent, erythematous plaques on left forearm of 8 months duration, associated with mild itching that resolved leaving mild hyperpigmentation.