A case of Wells' syndrome / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Wells syndrome is a distinct,ive dermatosis clinically resemblin, acute cellulitis with sudden onset and spontaneous resolution after weeks or months without residue. Recurrences over many years are common. I report a case of Wells syndrome in a 38-year-old women whc had developed pruritic erythematous plaque on the left lower abdomen since a few moriths ago. The blood eosinophil count, was 6,900/mm and a biopsy specimen taken from an erythematous plaque showed diffuse tissue eosinophilia and many flame figures in the lower dermis and subcutaneous fat tissue.