Ofuji's disease in an immunocompetent patient successfully treated with dapsone [PDF]
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis or Ofuji's disease is a non-infectious eosinophilic infiltration of hair follicles, which usually presents with itchy papules and pustules in a circinate configuration.
Gopikrishnan Anjaneyan +3 more
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A hybrid case of eosinophilic folliculitis and eosinophilic cellulitis associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome. [PDF]
Eosinophilic cellulitis or Wells syndrome encompasses distinct histopathological features but can also be associated with eosinophilic related conditions like hyper eosinophilic syndrome (HES) or eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA ...
Iatropoulou D +4 more
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LEUKAEMJA-ASSOCIATED EOSINOPHILIC FOLLICULITIS (OFUJI'S DISEASE)
5Background Ofuji's disease is an eosinophilic dermatosis mostly affecting male subjects. It is characterized by the appearance of follicular papulopustolosis, at times on an erythematous base, which tend to form an annular configuration.
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Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease)
Background: Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis is a distinctive dermatosis that was first described in Japan. Although the histopathologic feature of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis is characterized by follicular infiltrates with numerous eosinophils, its pathophysiology remains unclear. The lesional skin of five patients with eosinophilic pustular
Yuichi Teraki
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Ofuji's disease with unusual histological features
A 20-year-old lady presented with a 3-month history of an itchy eruption affecting her face and trunk. Erythematous annular plaques with follicular papules and pustules at the margins were present on her face consistent with Ofuji's disease. A perifollicular and perivascular eosinophil-rich infiltrate was seen histologically, with infiltration of the ...
Aoyama +26 more
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Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease) in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
AbstractWe describe a case of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF, Ofuji's disease) in a 12‐year‐old male who suffered from myelodysplastic syndrome. Bone marrow study revealed an increase in the eosinophil cell line without peripheral blood eosinophilia in our case.We suggest that the immunologic abberations ascribed to myelodysplastic syndrome ...
Jai-Kyoung Koh +5 more
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Evidence of retroviral involvement in an Italian patient with Ofuji's disease
Ofuji's disease, also known as 'eosinophilic pustular folliculitis', is a rare inflammatory skin disorder of unknown aetiology, which affects mostly adult Japanese males. Only few Caucasian patients have been described so far.
P. Ferrante +4 more
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Ofuji's disease. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems. A report of three cases.
5BACKGROUND: Ofuji's disease is an eosinophilic dermatosis affecting mostly male subjects. It is characterized by the appearance of follicular papulopustules, at times on an erytemathous base, which tend to form an annular configuration. The evolution is
PATRONE, Pasquale +4 more
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Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease) With Response to Dapsone Therapy
A 50-year-old man had eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (Ofuji's disease) characterized by follicular pustular papules on the face, confluent vesicles on the fingers, and a papulopustular area on the upper portion of the back. Extensive examinations and cultures of both pustular material and tissue revealed no organisms, except Staphylococcus ...
Charles Steffen
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Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease) in a Patient with Silicone Tissue Augmentation
AbstractEosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) (Ofuji's disease) is a rare dermatosis of unknown etiology. We describe a 45‐year‐old Chinese woman who developed EPF on her face seven years after having nose and chin augmentation with subcutaneous silicone injections.
Hamm-Ming Sheu +4 more
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