Dermatology Case Reports

ISSN - 2684-124X

Jasmine Saleh

Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States

Publications

  • Case Report   
    Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis in a Primary CNS Lymphoma Patient Receiving High-Dose Chemotherap
    Author(s): Jasmine Saleh, Brooke Vasicek, Jeave Reserva, Eden Lake and Jodi Speiser*

    Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis (NEH) is a rare inflammatory neutrophilic dermatosis that primarily affects eccrine sweat glands. Although it has been described in various malignancies and with therapeutic agents, it is most frequently associated with cytarabine-based induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia. We report a rare case of NEH in a 63-year-old male with a medical history significant for primary CNS lymphoma. The patient was treated with high-dose thiotepa, busulfan, and cyclophosphamide (BuCy) followed by autologous stem cell transplantation, which was complicated by bacteremia and septic shock. Approximately three weeks after chemotherapy, he developed localized bright red, desquamating plaques on his bilateral outer hips, posterior upper thighs, and buttocks. Histological findings revealed neutrophils infiltrating and surrounding the eccrine glands accompan.. View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/2684-124X.19.4.147

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