Eosinophilic annular erythema (EAE) is a rare and relatively newly described eosinophil-rich dermatosis. Debate still exists as to whether it represent a subtype of Well syndrome or a separate disease entity. We report an 8-year-old boy with a 4-year history of recurrent, asymptomatic annular lesions, which were diagnosed after clincopathological correlation as EAE. This condition usually runs a relapsing and remitting course with resistance to multiple treatments. Prednisolone and hydroxychloroquine have been reported as successful but the response to these was limited in this case. Complete resolution occurred after treatment with ultraviolet B (UVB) therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a favourable response of EAE to such therapy.

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In-hospital deaths from AECOPD may be predicted by assessment of WHO-PS and EWS on admission to hospital.

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with paraneoplastic SCLE was a supraglottic laryngeal SCC, reported by Chaudhry et al. in 2005. 4 Other cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes that have been associated with head and neck malignancies include acrokeratosis paraneoplastica, dermatomyositis and eruptive seborrhoeic keratoses. 5 Regression of skin eruptions usually occurs after treatment of the primary malignancy.In our case, the patient underwent palliative radiotherapy for a locally advanced SCC that was not amenable tor surgery. His rash improved with topical betamethasone valerate 0.1% ointment and photoprotection. He did not require any systemic treatment, and was still in remission at follow-up 3 months later.