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Eosinophilic Cellulitis

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•AKA Well’s syndrome
•AKA recurrent granulomatous dermatitis with eosinophilia
•pruritis is common
•thought to be a marked hypersensitivity response to various antigens (e.g. arthropod bites)
•treatment = dapsone, PO glucocorticoids
•histology:  eosinophils and histiocytes surrounding central masses of brightly pink collagen that has lost its fibrillar appearance and is more amorphous (i.e. flame figures)