title: Eosinophilic cellulitis as a cutaneous manifestation of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome.
abstract: Three patients with eosinophilic cellulitis associated with sustained peripheral blood eosinophilia of unidentified cause are reported. They also presented with diversities of extracutaneous symptoms such as bronchospasm, sensory polyneuropathies, epigastralgia, and gangrenous eosinophilic enteritis. These cases suggest that eosinophilic cellulitis can develop as a cutaneous manifestation of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Kobe City General Hospital, Minatojima-Nakamachi 4-6, Chuo-Ku, Kobe 650-0046, Japan.
authors.forename: Kimio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohgou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged