Folliculitis, Eosinophilic, Eosinophilic Fasciitis, Immunodeficiency, Acquired - DermAtlas

Contributor

Alison Young, MD

Diagnosis

folliculitis, eosinophilic eosinophilic fasciitis immunodeficiency, acquired

Body Site

back

Age

40 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 40-year-old woman, with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who was not compliant with her antiretroviral therapy, developed intensely pruritic papules on her chest, back, and upper arms.

Description

symmetric disseminated follicular papules with excoriations and surrounding hypo and hyperpigmentation

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8/26/2003 23:12:38

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