eosinophilic folliculitis

Question 1

what are the 3 subtypes

Answer 1

• eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (Ofuji’s disease)
• AIDS-associated eosinophilic folliculitis
• neonatal eosinophilic pustular folliculitis

Question 2

eosinophilic pustular folliculitis

Answer 2

more common in Japanese men; recurrent explosive crops of pruritic grouped follicular papules or pustules on the face, back, and extensor arms. CBC: + eosinophilia; Tx oral indomethacin

Question 3

neonatal eosinophilic pustular folliculitis

Answer 3

occurs early in infancy as pruritic perifollicular pustules and vesicles on erythematous base on scalp +/- crusting. self-limited, often with cyclical course for a few months to years