Wells’ Syndrome (Eosinophilic Cellulitis)

Czech version

Authors: J. Brown; R. A. Schwartz
Authors‘ workplace: Dermatology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Published in: Čes-slov Derm, , 2002, No. 6, p. 261-263
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Overview

Wells’ syndrome, also known as eosinophilic cellulitis, consists of nonspecific clinical findings,including cellulitis, urticaria, and inflammatory papules. It has a distinctive histopathologic patternof eosinophilic infiltration of the dermis and epidermis along with histiocytes and „flame figures“.

Key words:
Wells’ syndrome - eosinophilic cellulitis - recurrent granulomatous dermatitis witheosinophilia

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Czech-Slovak Dermatology

2002 Issue 6