Eosinophilic fasciitis

K.L. Tsoi; M. Custers; L. Vaate; J.W.G. Jacobs

doi:10.1136/bcr.2012.6158

Eosinophilic fasciitis

K.L. Tsoi
, M. Custers
, L. Vaate
, J.W.G. Jacobs

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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 infammatory 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.

Original language	English
Article number	6158
Journal	BMJ Case Reports [E]
Volume	2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.2012.6158 https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.2012.6158.
Publication status	Published - 2012

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