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Other diseases of skin appendages
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
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Definition / general | Terminology | Epidemiology | Clinical features | Clinical images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Hamodat M. Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skinnontumoreosinophilicpustularfolliculitis.html. Accessed April 18th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Associated with HIV in U.S.
- Sudden onset of disseminated pustules on trunk
Terminology
- Also called Ofuji disease, eosinophilic folliculitis
Epidemiology
- Typically recurrent disease and spontaneous resolution within months to several years
- Associated with HIV, lymphoma (non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin), myelodysplastic syndrome, eosinophilic cellulitis and nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
Clinical features
- Three variants:
- Classic (Ofuji disease)
- Immunosuppression / HIV associated
- Infancy associated
- Clinically resembles acne
- No known cause
Clinical images
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Widespread hyperpigmented patches
Various images
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Eosinophilic infiltration of hair follicle; follicular epithelium is spongiotic, adjacent dermis has lymphocytic and eosinophilic infiltrate
- Superficial dermal perivascular mononuclear and eosinophilic infiltrate
- Follicular mucinosis may rarely be seen
- Healing is associated with postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Eosinophilic folliculitis
