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Erythema multiforme: a case with unusual histopathological features
J M Wells1, D Weedon, J B Muir
1Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia. cjohnsto@bigpond.net.au
The Australasian Journal of Dermatology
|December 6, 2000
Abstract:
A 14-year-old boy presented with widespread cutaneous and mucosal lesions clinically consistent with erythema multiforme. He gave a history of previous episodes of a similar eruption. Histological examination of a representative lesion showed changes consistent with erythema multiforme. It also, however, contained large numbers of eosinophils, forming a dermal interstitial infiltrate and epidermal microabscesses. The full blood examination showed a persistent eosinophilia. The appearances initially confused two experienced dermatopathologists.