THE JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

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Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis (Ofuji's Disease) in a Patient with Silicone Tissue Augmentation

Tak-Wah Wong, Ya-Ming Tsai, J. Yu-Yun Lee, Shih-Tsung Hsu* and Hamm-Ming Sheu
Department of Dermatology, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
*Li-Shin Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.

Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) (Ofuji's disease) is a rare dermatosis of unknown etiology. We describe a 45-year-old Chinese woman who developed EPF on her face seven years after having nose and chin augmentation with subcutaneous silicone injections.
key words: Ofuji's disease; eosinophilic pustular folliculitis; silicone

Received January 19, 2004; Accepted for publication April 6, 2004
Reprint requests to: Hamm-Ming Sheu, M.D., Department of Dermatology, National Cheng-Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, 704, Tainan, Taiwan.

J Dermatol 31 (9): 727-730, 2004

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