Eosinophilic cellulitis
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| Eosinophilic cellulitis | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| ICD-10 | L98.3 (ILDS L98.300) |
| DiseasesDB | 34888 |
| Patient UK | Eosinophilic cellulitis |
Eosinophilic cellulitis (also known as Wells' syndrome from George Crichton Wells who first described it[1]) is a skin condition characterized by plaques that resemble cellulitis.[2][3]
Eosinophilic cellulitis is of unknown etiology, though it is suspected to have an allergic and/or autoimmune component. There are documented cases of it being caused by flea (and other insect) bites and it has been seen in conjunction with Churg-Strauss disease, though many cases are considered idiopathic. In addition, it has also been reported in a case of IgG4-related disease.[4]
It is included in the raredisease.org database.
Typical treatment is with prednisone.
