Eosinophilic folliculitis: a self-limiting illness in patients being treated for haematological malignancy.
Eosinophilic folliculitis is a recognized skin manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Five cases of eosinophilic folliculitis occurring in HIV-negative patients treated for haematological malignancy are reported. In four cases this self-limiting, pruritic eruption, affecting the head and upper trunk, occurred 3 months after bone marrow transplantation, and the fifth case was a patient undergoing chemotherapy for Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. This suggests that eosinophilic folliculitis is a consequence of disturbances of immune function, and is not specific for HIV infection.
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Department of Dermatology, St George's Hospital, London, U.K.
Harland
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Fallowfield
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Mortimer
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000188:drug therapy