descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 03 Oct 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ Case Reports, volume 2,012, page bcr20126158 (eissn: 1757-790X,

Authors: Martijn Custers; Liesbeth Bij de Vaate; Ka Lai Tsoi; Johannes W G Jacobs;

doi: 10.1136/bcr.2012.6158

pmid: 23035154

pmc: PMC4543177

Eosinophilic fasciitis

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Abstract

A 57-year-old woman presented with malaise and heaviness in her extremities. At first there were no clues of an inflammatory disease, but the patient developed slowly progressive oedema of her arms and legs with induration of the skin. Blood tests showed eosinophilia. Additional analysis revealed generalised lymphadenopathy. After excluding an infectious or malignant cause, the clinical diagnosis of eosinophilic fasciitis was made, this was confirmed by the results of a full thickness skin biopsy.

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University Medical Center Utrecht
Netherlands

Keywords

Forearm, Eosinophilia, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Humans, Prednisone, Female, Fasciitis, Middle Aged, Skin

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