Eosinophilic panniculitis.
A patient is described who developed sore throat, palpable purpura, and a distinctive panniculitis. The pathologic alterations in the subcutis were similar to what Wells described in the dermis as eosinophilic cellulitis. In our experience the presence of such a picture primarily in the subcutis is unique. Streptococcus is implicated as a possible antigenic stimulus for the process in this patient.
D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology*; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011693:Purpura / Q000473:pathology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D009626:Terminology as Topic