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The polymorphic presentation of annular dermatoses in the pediatric population renders them a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. They include various distinct disease entities that can be vaguely categorized according to the age of onset. Herein, we report on a young girl with clinical characteristics of Wells' syndrome, while histological findings favored the diagnosis of annular erythema of infancy (AEI). Although morphological and histological similarities do exist, AEI and eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) of childhood are considered as distinct entities in the literature. Wells' syndrome (WS) is an eosinophilic dermatosis and histologically characterized by eosinophilic dermal infiltration with the hallmark feature of "flame figures." Based on this case, we discuss and review the differential diagnoses of annular dermatoses in children., (© 2023. The Author(s).)

Introduction: Many conditions included under figurate erythemas have similar clinical appearance which makes diagnosis difficult. Among these, eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) is a rare, uncommon, underreported entity in the pediatric population. Case Report: Herein, we report an 11-year-old boy who presented with asymptomatic recurrent, erythematous-edematous annular plaques with central hyperpigmentation. Discussion: Review of the literature shows scarce reporting of such cases globally and none from India. Clinicopathological findings of our case, suggest that eosinophilic annular erythema is a distinct entity rather than a type of Wells' syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) is a rare entity of unknown etiology that is possibly related to a hypersensitivity reaction and presents as annular erythematous plaques with tissue eosinophilia. It is classified as a figurate erythema with a controversial relationship to Wells syndrome (WS) in the literature, where it is generally considered a separate entity or subset based on clinical and histopathologic differences. EAE typically presents with recurrent, erythematous, arcuate, and annular plaques on the trunk and proximal extremities. The course of the disease is often chronic, recurrent, and relapsing. Responses to treatment are variable but are typically best with systemic steroids and antimalarials. We report a patient refractory to other therapies who had a striking response to dapsone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background/Objective Eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) was proposed to describe annular skin lesions associated with tissue eosinophilia, however, its relation to Well's syndrome (WS) remains a source of controversy. We studied a series of patients to increase awareness of this entity and to clarify its relation to WS. Methods A multicentre study in which the clinical records, histological findings, laboratory results, therapeutic responses and follow-up of 10 patients were demonstrated. Results The study included seven women and three men with age ranging from 31 to 54 years. The duration of the disease ranged from 3 to 28 months. All patients showed involvement of trunk and extremities. Early lesions were manifested as erythematous plaques, which progressed to well-developed figurate lesions and ended as large annular lesions with pigmented centre and elevated border. Flame figures were only observed in well-developed and long-standing lesions. Blood eosinophilia was found in all patients with different grades. Associated disorders included chronic gastritis, diabetes mellitus, chronic hepatitis-C virus infection and chronic kidney disease. The disease showed chronic course with high relapse rate and resistance to various therapeutic modalities including systemic steroid alone and in combination with hydroxychloroquine and cyclosporine. Conclusion We believe that EAE is a peculiar clinical variant in the spectrum of WS, which is characterized by a chronic course, resistance to treatment and high relapse rate. The diagnosis and evaluation of this condition need a close monitoring with repeated clinical, histological and laboratory assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wells' syndrome is a multifaceted dermatosis with a wide morphological spectrum, ranging from characteristic cellulitis-like erythema and papula to an unusual presentation of vesicles and pustules. The most important elements for diagnosis are erythemal plaques and histological picture of eosinophilic infiltration of the dermis with 'flame figures' (Plotz et al., in Hautarzt 51:182-186, ). Because of its original description as a distinct entity, it has come to be regarded as an abnormal eosinophilic response to a number of causative agents such as herpes simplex virus 2(HSV-2) and toxocara (Ludwig et al., in J Am Acad Dermatol 48:S60-S61, ; Bassukas et al., in Cases J 1:356, ). Concurrence of WS and malignant diseases as colon cancer, trachea squamous carcinoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma or angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy has been reported (Hirsch et al., in J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 3:530-531, ; Renner et al., in Acta Derm Venereol 87:525-528, ). Autoimmune diseases, including Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are multi-system disorders of unknown cause and are commonly characterized by protean cutaneous manifestations. To date, few autoimmne disease was found associated with WS except four previous reports of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) and one case of ulcerative colitis (Fujimoto et al., in Clin Exp Dermatol, ; Sakaria et al., in J Gastroenterol 42:250-252, ). The coexistence of SLE and WS in one patient was not found in literature and our case is the first. Here we described the rare combination and discussed the treatment strategy for this condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case study of a 45-year-old man with a history of fever and erythema of the extremities, the presence of lymphocytes and eosinophils were detected. It notes the demonstration of blood neutrophilia and the increased C-reactive protein, the impact of coxsackievirus A6 infection, and diagnosis of the patient for Wells' syndrome.