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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>2</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Unusual Presentation of Wells Syndrome: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>103</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>106</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Safoura</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shakoei</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine AND Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Maryam</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ranjbar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine AND Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Masoumeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rohani Nasab</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine AND Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Azita</FirstName>
        <LastName>Nikoo</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pathology, School of Medicine AND Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>10</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Wells syndrome is an uncommon disease that typically presents as&#xA0;edematous erythematous plaques, usually preceded by burning or itching of&#xA0;the skin. Histopathological examination shows dense dermal eosinophilic&#xA0;infiltrates in an edematous dermis at the acute phase of lesions. Some of the&#xA0;identified triggering factors include infection, arthropod bites,&#xA0;hematological malignancies, thimerosal containing vaccines and drugs such&#xA0;as penicillin, lincomycin, tetracycline, minocycline and ampicillin. Here we&#xA0;describe a case of Wells syndrome in a 75-year-old woman that its&#xA0;outstanding feature was its large size. Although this case was resistant to&#xA0;our treatment, the condition improved spontaneously after several weeks&#xA0;without administering any other alternative treatments. On the other hand,&#xA0;despite its large size, this case had no identifiable trigger.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/149</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/149/91</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
