Eosinophilic panniculitisM79.3

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

All authors of this article

Last updated on: 14.05.2021

Dieser Artikel auf Deutsch

Synonym(s)

eosinophilic panniculitis; Panniculitis with eosinophilia

Requires free registration (medical professionals only)

Please login to access all articles, images, and functions.

Our content is available exclusively to medical professionals. If you have already registered, please login. If you haven't, you can register for free (medical professionals only).


Requires free registration (medical professionals only)

Please complete your registration to access all articles and images.

To gain access, you must complete your registration. You either haven't confirmed your e-mail address or we still need proof that you are a member of the medical profession.

Finish your registration now

DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Eosinophilic panniculitis is not a distinct entity but a polyetiological (eosinophilic) form of reaction of the subcutaneous adipose tissue to different systemic or external noxious agents such as:

  • Drugs (Batalla A et al. 2013)
  • parasites (Recuero JK e al. 2019; Perez C et al. 2000)
  • Viruses (COVID-19) (Leis-Dosil VM et al. 2020).
  • Various foreign materials.

Furthermore, a wide spectrum of associated inflammatory (Shiraishi K et al 2018) and neoplastic diseases (including T-cell lymphomas) have been described to be associated with hematoeosinophilia. In the context of the COVID 19 pandemic, one case of eosinophilic panniculitis has been reported (Leis-Dosil VM et al. 2020).

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Histologically both eosinophilic lobar and eosinophilic septal panniculitis can be detected.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Batalla A et al. (2013) Eosinophilic panniculitis after subcutaneous administration of sodium heparin. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 79:849.
  2. Flores-Terry MA et al (2018) Eosinophilic panniculitis associated with low complement and a paraproteinaemia. Semergen 44:e68-e70.
  3. Jain S et al (2015) Eosinophilic panniculitis in a female child: An unusual presentation. Indian Dermatol Online J 6:34-36.
  4. Leis-Dosil VM et al (2020) Eosinophilic panniculitis Associated With COVID-19. actas dermosifiliogr111:804-805.

  5. Perez C et al (2000) Recurrent eosinophilic panniculitis associated with Fasciola hepatica infection. J Am Acad Dermatol 42(5 Pt 2):900-902.

  6. Recuero JK e al. (2019) Eosinophilic panniculitis associated with toxocariasis in a child. An Bras Dermatol 94:250-251.

  7. Shiraishi K et al (2018) Wells' syndrome associated with eosinophilic panniculitis presenting with multiple subcutaneous nodules. Eur J Dermatol 28:700-701.

Authors

Last updated on: 14.05.2021