Wells syndrome associated with lung cancer
Autor: | Celeste Brito, Olga Ferreira, Rui Pedro Santos, Sofia Daniela Carvalho |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Male
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Administration Topical Biopsy Skin Diseases Tacrolimus 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rare Disease Recurrence Erythematous plaque Eosinophilia Medicine Humans Lung cancer Urticarial plaque Clobetasol medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cellulitis General Medicine Loratadine Middle Aged medicine.disease Trunk Dermatology Treatment Outcome 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Wells syndrome Eosinophilic cellulitis Skin biopsy Dermatologic Agents business Rare disease |
Popis: | Wells syndrome (WS) or eosinophilic cellulitis is a rare, idiopathic, inflammatory dermatosis. The typical clinical presentation is urticarial plaque without preferential location that usually heals without scarring. We present a 62-year-old man with history of lung cancer that had undergone a right superior lobectomy 12 months previously. The patient had a relapsing dermatosis beginning about 6 months before the diagnosis of the lung cancer, characterised by pruritic, erythematous plaques located on the trunk and arms. These lesions spontaneously resolved within a few weeks without scarring. A skin biopsy revealed findings compatible with WS. Several diseases have been associated with WS. These include haematological diseases, fungal, parasitic and viral infections, drug reactions and rarely non-haematological malignancies. We present a case of this rare syndrome in a patient with history of lung cancer that we believe acted as a triggering event. To our knowledge, this is the second case reporting this association. |
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