Ofuji's disease in an immunocompetent patient successfully treated with dapsone

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. We report this case of an immunocompetent patient with erythematous papules and plaques wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian Dermatology Online Journal 2016-09, Vol.7 (5), p.399-401
Hauptverfasser: Anjaneyan, Gopikrishnan, Manne, Sindhura, Panicker, Vinitha, Eapen, Malini
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Zusammenfassung: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. We report this case of an immunocompetent patient with erythematous papules and plaques without macropustules diagnosed as eosinophilic pustular folliculitis-a rarely reported entity outside Japan. He was successfully treated with oral dapsone.
ISSN:2229-5178
2249-5673
DOI:10.4103/2229-5178.190497