| Wells' syndrome | <syndrome> Recurrent cellulitis followed by brawny edematous skin lesions, or a less acute presentation of papular, annular, or gyrate skin lesions which are sometimes urticarial; affected skin and subcutis are heavily infiltrated by eosinophils and histiocytes, with scattered small necrotic foci (flame figures) of varied aetiology; sometimes follows an arthropod bite. Synonym: eosinophilic cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Wells, G | <person> 20th century British dermatologist. See: Wells' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wells, Michael Vernon | <person> 20th century English physician. See: Muckle-Wells syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muckle-Wells syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by familial amyloidosis, notably involving the kidneys, progressive hearing loss of neural origin and unknown cause, and periods of febrile urticaria associated with pain in joints and muscles of the extremities; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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