Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease) in a Patient with Silicone Tissue Augmentation

Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease) in a Patient with Silicone Tissue Augmentation

Eosinophilic 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.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of dermatology 2004-09, Vol.31 (9), p.727-730
Hauptverfasser: Wong, Tak‐Wah, Tsai, Ya‐Ming, Lee, J. Yu‐Yun, Hsu, Shih‐Tsung, Sheu, Hamm‐Ming
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Chin
Diagnosis, Differential
eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
Facial Dermatoses - chemically induced
Facial Dermatoses - diagnosis
Facial Dermatoses - pathology
Female
Folliculitis - chemically induced
Folliculitis - diagnosis
Folliculitis - pathology
Humans
Middle Aged
Nose
Ofuji's disease
silicone
Silicones - adverse effects
Surgery, Plastic - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:Eosinophilic 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.
ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00585.x