title: Neutrophilic figurate erythema.
abstract: We herein report a 39-year-old woman presented with annular plaque with central clearing on the back, extremities, and breasts. The lesions had raised, firm erythematous borders included a trailing scale. On histologic examination, a perivascular inflammatory cell infiltrate composed of neutrophils and mononuclear inflammatory cells in the upper dermis was shown. We consider our case to represent idiopathic figurate erythema with a dominant infiltration of neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Meram Medical Faculty, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. mustafaozdemir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Engin
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toy
authors.forename: Cuyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Demirkesen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004890:Erythema / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*