A Case of Fungal Eosinophilic Folliculitis / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 1247-1251, 2005.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-28468
ABSTRACT
Recently, a new classification of eosinophilic folliculitis (EF) was made as follows classic eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF; Ofuji's disease), HIV associated EF, pediatric EF, fungal EF and miscellaneous group. A 10-year-old boy presented with a 2-week history of pruritic, erythematous papules with a plaque on his left cheek. A biopsy specimen revealed folliculitis with predominant eosinophilic infiltrates. Clinicohistopathologically, the most compatible diagnosis was eosinophilic pustular folliculitis and subsequently, dapsone was administered for 2 weeks but the lesion showed insufficient improvement, and the original confluent papules changed to a KOH-positive, arciform scaly lesion. A serial section from the paraffin block of the first biopsy, which had been histopathologically negative for fungal hyphae in the first, revealed hyphae in a single follicular canal in only one section out of 100 sections examined. This is believed to be the first reported case of fungal eosinophilic folliculitis in Korea.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Paraffin
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Biopsy
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Cheek
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HIV
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Classification
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Hyphae
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Dapsone
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Diagnosis
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Eosinophils
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Folliculitis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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