PMID: 11319382Apr 25, 2001Paper

Histological and clinical forms of the eosinophilic cellulitis

Annales de dermatologie et de vénéréologie
S ConsignyP Lauret

Abstract

Wells' syndrome is characterized by clinical features of cellulitis and a histological picture of eosinophilic infiltrate of the dermis with some "flame" figures. The clinical and histological features of nine patients with Wells' syndrome seen from 1988 to 1998 were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical features of the nine patients (five men and four women) were urticaria (n=1), cellulitis (n=2), annular plaques (n=3), vesiculo-bullous lesions (n=2) and edema of the face with nodules of the conjunctiva (n=1). Histological examination of skin biopsies showed an eosinophilic infiltrate of the dermis associated with some "flame" figures in all cases. The infiltrate was located in the superficial or deep dermis in accordance with the different clinical features. One patient developed a non Hodgkin lymphoma and presented successively: a Wells' syndrome, a leucocytoklastic vasculitis and a Sweet's syndrome. Numerous treatment were used: topical corticosteroids, H1-antihistamines, dapsone and systemic corticosteroids. Two patients relapsed after treatment withdrawal. This study demonstrated a wide polymorphism of the clinical and histological features of Wells' syndrome. The clinical features seem to depend on the location of the d...Continue Reading

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