title: Eosinophilic neuritis and eosinophilic panniculitis in a patient with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: The pruritic, papular eruption of human immunodeficiency virus with associated peripheral eosinophilia is well documented. We describe a 32-year-old African American man with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; a generalized painful, pruritic, papular rash; peripheral blood eosinophilia; and perineural eosinophilic infiltrates with eosinophilic panniculitis. To our knowledge, the latter 2 features have not been previously described in the literature on human immunodeficiency virus dermatoses. We propose that eosinophilic neuritis and eosinophilic panniculitis may represent additional findings in the spectrum of cutaneous disease seen in patients with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Soldano
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Groben
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009443:Neuritis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D009450:Neurodermatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology