A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis
Eosinophilic cellulitis (Well’s syndrome) is a rare relapsing inflammatory disorder characterized by infiltration of eosinophils into the dermis. Although rare, WS should be considered in patients with a history of asthma and skin lesions that are resistant to antibiotic therapy. We report a case of...
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| author | Anum Qureshi Jasmine Manley Tristan Flack Mark H. Lowitt |
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| description | Eosinophilic cellulitis (Well’s syndrome) is a rare relapsing inflammatory disorder characterized by infiltration of eosinophils into the dermis. Although rare, WS should be considered in patients with a history of asthma and skin lesions that are resistant to antibiotic therapy. We report a case of recurrent WS. A 67-year-old woman with a history of asthma presented with a longstanding left pretibial ulcer with surrounding erythema, pain, and serous drainage, which had failed treatment with oral and parenteral antibiotics. Skin biopsy revealed eosinophilic cellulitis. Rapid improvement occurred with systemic steroid treatment; however, recurrent disease in the perineum developed as corticosteroids were tapered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffed2c7a9c064bf9ab5e0cad98ef02e22023-01-02T00:23:01ZengGreater Baltimore Medical CenterJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662021-11-0111686687010.1080/20009666.2021.19797371979737A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitisAnum Qureshi0Jasmine Manley1Tristan Flack2Mark H. Lowitt3Greater Baltimore Medical CenterGreater Baltimore Medical CenterGreater Baltimore Medical CenterGreater Baltimore Medical CenterEosinophilic cellulitis (Well’s syndrome) is a rare relapsing inflammatory disorder characterized by infiltration of eosinophils into the dermis. Although rare, WS should be considered in patients with a history of asthma and skin lesions that are resistant to antibiotic therapy. We report a case of recurrent WS. A 67-year-old woman with a history of asthma presented with a longstanding left pretibial ulcer with surrounding erythema, pain, and serous drainage, which had failed treatment with oral and parenteral antibiotics. Skin biopsy revealed eosinophilic cellulitis. Rapid improvement occurred with systemic steroid treatment; however, recurrent disease in the perineum developed as corticosteroids were tapered.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1979737well’s syndromeprednisonecellulitis |
| spellingShingle | Anum Qureshi Jasmine Manley Tristan Flack Mark H. Lowitt A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives well’s syndrome prednisone cellulitis |
| title | A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis |
| title_full | A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis |
| title_fullStr | A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis |
| title_short | A case report of recurrent Well’s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis |
| title_sort | case report of recurrent well s syndrome masquerading as cellulitis |
| topic | well’s syndrome prednisone cellulitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1979737 |
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