EOSINOPHILIC FOLLICULITIS - A SELF-LIMITING ILLNESS IN PATIENTS BEINGTREATED FOR HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY

Eosinophilic folliculitis is a recognized skin manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Five cases of eosinophilic folli culitis occurring in HIV-negative patients treated for haematological malignancy are reported. In four cases this self-limiting, pruritic er uption, affecting the head and upper trunk, occurred 3 months after bo ne marrow transplantation, and the fifth case was a patient undergoing chemotherapy for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia. This suggests that eosinophilic folliculitis is a consequence of disturbances of immune function, and is not specific for HIV infection.