Eosinophilic annular erythema: A striking clinical presentation with potential systemic implications

Abstract

Eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) is a rare eosinophilic dermatosis of unknown etiology. It was first described in an adult patient in 2000.1 However, annular erythema of infancy, an entity characterized by the same clinical and histologic findings, was described in the pediatric population two decades earlier.2 The hallmarks of EAE include recurrent annular or polycyclic erythematous lesions that are often pruritic and are commonly found on the trunk and proximal extremities. Histopathologically, EAE is defined by prominent dermal eosinophilia.