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What are your recommendations for managing perivascular dermatitis with eosinophils unresponsive to high-dose antihistamines, a prednisone taper, and topical steroids?

Would you send to allergy for omalizumab?
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What are your recommendations for managing perivascular dermatitis with eosinophils unresponsive to high-dose antihistamines, a prednisone taper, and topical steroids?

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Dermatology · UCLA Health
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I would check and treat for scabies.

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Allergy & Immunology · Baylor College of Medicine
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Perivascular dermatitis typically represents pathophysiologic findings that could be caused by a variety of conditions including but not limited to allergic reactions, irritant reactions, infections, or underlying systemic conditions. The presence of eosinophils may be suggestive of an allergic/atop...

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Dermatology · Duke Health
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I agree, I don't like omalizumab for this (but even when it is indicated/needed, dermatologists can certainly prescribe themselves). I definitely agree with others that one needs to dig into potential underlying causes--scabies, HES, etc--but please strongly consider a drug reaction! This is frequen...

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Dermatology · Case Western Reserve University
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Failure to improve with systemic steroids raises the possibility of hypereosinophilic syndrome that would respond to imatinib or similar drugs. Draw absolute eosinophil count off systemic steroids and if > 1.5 refer to hematology for bone marrow biopsy.

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