title: Eosinophilic annular erythema: successful response to ultraviolet B therapy.
abstract: Eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) is a rare and relatively newly described eosinophil-rich dermatosis. Debate still exists as to whether it represent a subtype of Well syndrome or a separate disease entity. We report an 8-year-old boy with a 4-year history of recurrent, asymptomatic annular lesions, which were diagnosed after clincopathological correlation as EAE. This condition usually runs a relapsing and remitting course with resistance to multiple treatments. Prednisolone and hydroxychloroquine have been reported as successful but the response to these was limited in this case. Complete resolution occurred after treatment with ultraviolet B (UVB) therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a favourable response of EAE to such therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fatah
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagarajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004890:Erythema / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012873:Skin Diseases, Genetic / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000379:methods*