A Case of Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis in an Infant

ABSTRACT

Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis which is characterized by the erythematous papules or plaques with a neutrophilic infiltrates around eccrine glands and coils. In 90% of cases, NEH develops in patients who have received chemotherapy for malignant diseases, but other drugs, infections, and paraneoplastic phenomenons are considered as possible etiologic factors. Furthermore, NEH is known to be extremely rare in infants. Herein we report a case of NEH in nine-month-old infant with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), which lesions appeared on the extremities including palms and soles before starting chemotherapy.