Korean J Dermatol.  1993 Jun;31(3):387-391.

A case of eosinophilic panniculitis

• Song KH
• Kim SH
• Kim KJ
• Lee CJ

Abstract

Eosinophilic panniculitis does not a specific disease entity but reptesents a unique reactive pattern that may be associated with inflarnmatory and immunoreactive dis.ases. Its clinical and laboratory data indicate that there is a group of psychiatric and immunoreactivc allergic patients who develop inflammation of the fat, principally eosinophils, and that this reaction is self-lirnited and nonspeeific in most cases, and probably steroid-responsive. We report a case of eosinophilic panniculitis in a 35-year-old man ieho had developed pruritic tender erythematous plaques on hi. legs and right arm with blood eosinooplilia. Microscopic examinat,ion revealed diffuse eosinophilic infiltration in the subcutaneous fat tissue.

Keyword

Eosisnophilic panniculitis

MeSH Terms

Adult
Arm
Eosinophils*
Humans
Inflammation
Leg
Panniculitis*
Subcutaneous Fat