Insect-bite-like Wells' syndrome in association with mantle-zone lymphoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 614-616

  Zeeli, T ^a,b   Feinmesser, M ^a,b   Segal, R ^a,b   David, M ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic cellulitis; Flame figure; Insect bite; Wells' syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSECT BITE; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA; VESICULAR RASH; WELLS SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LYMPHOMA, MANTLE-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS;

EID: 33747048087     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07345.x     Document Type: Article

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