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## Objectives: Ofuji's disease (od) or eosinophilic pustular folliculitis and human immunodeficiency virus-associated eosinophilic folliculitis (hiv-ef) both show eosinophil-rich folliculocentric infiltrates, and it is not clear whether they are distinguishable pathologically. follicular mucinosis (fm) has been observed in lesions of ef; such cases need to be differentiated from alopecia mucinosa (am). ## Methods: We compared various pathologic features in 13 cases of od, 10 cases of non-od-typed papular ef (seven hiv-positive and three hiv-negative), and five cases of am. ## Results: All cases of ef showed eosinophilic infiltrates affecting mainly the isthmus or/and sebaceous gland. eosinophil-rich pilosebaceous pustules or/and microabscesses were noted in 69% of the biopsy specimens of od, 73% of papular ef, 71% of hiv-ef, and 0% of am. mucin deposits, often abundant, were found in sebaceous lobules or/and isthmus in 41% of od and 100% of am. compared with am, od with fm tended to show more numerous eosinophils, less abundant mucin, and most significantly, eosinophilic infundibular pustule or sebaceous microabscess. ## Conclusion: Our study suggests that od and hiv-ef are indisti

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Author

J. Yu-Yun Lee; Ya-Ming Tsai; Hamm-Ming Sheu

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0303-6987)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)