Wells' Syndrome Mimicking Facial Cellulitis: A Report of Two Cases

• Main Authors: Maxence Cormerais (Author), Florence Poizeau (Author), Laure Darrieux (Author), Laurent Tisseau (Author), Gilles Safa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Wells' syndrome (WS), or eosinophilic cellulitis, is an uncommon inflammatory dermatosis of unknown etiology that typically presents with pruritic cellulitis-like plaques on the extremities. Therefore, WS is often misdiagnosed as bacterial cellulitis due to its similarity in presentation. Here,...