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Case Reports
. 2012 Sep 30:2012:bcr20126158.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.2012.6158.

Eosinophilic fasciitis

Ka Lai Tsoi  1 , Martijn Custers, Liesbeth Bij de Vaate, Johannes W G Jacobs
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Case Reports

Eosinophilic fasciitis

Ka Lai Tsoi et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

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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Figure 1
Figure 1
Forearm with venous furrowing (‘groove sign’); (A) extensor surface, (B) fl exor surface.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A full thickness skin biopsy specimen shows infiltration of histiocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils (arrows) and multi-nucleated giant cells (asterisks) in the deep fascia (H&E, x200).
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