1. Wells' syndrome in childhood: case report and review of the literature
- Author
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Julie S. Prendiville, Carmel R Anderson, Donald Jenkins, and Victor Tron
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Biopsy ,Dermatology ,Scarring alopecia ,medicine.disease_cause ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Blister ,Recurrence ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Eosinophilia ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Hypoalbuminemia ,Skin ,Cellulite ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Insect Bites and Stings ,Cellulitis ,Syndrome ,Bees ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Blood Cell Count ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Scalp ,Superinfection ,Child, Preschool ,Eosinophilic cellulitis ,Female ,Differential diagnosis ,Epidermis ,business - Abstract
We report a severe case of Wells' syndrome, or eosinophilic cellulitis, after a bee sting in a 4-year-old girl. The patient had a widespread, painful, blistering eruption that was subsequently complicated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa superinfection and septicemia, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, and neutropenia. The skin lesions responded to systemic steroid therapy. There was residual scarring alopecia of the scalp. There have been 17 previous reports of childhood Wells' syndrome. We believe that this disorder is a distinct entity that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of blistering diseases in children.
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- 1995