Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: PATIENTS AND METHOD: RESULTS: Five patients were males, ages ranged from 20 years to 67 years, with a mean of 59 years. Patients were followed for 33.4 (27.1) months (SD). Nailfold capillaroscopy was near normal in all patients. Only one patient had antinuclear antibody positivity, and another had an autoimmune thyroiditis. No significant relationship was detected between the eosinophil count and the extent of skin induration. The clinical course was inadequate and the treatment response poor in patients with spreading cutaneous induration (p = 0.008). These patients had more often ventilatory restriction and perimyositis. CONCLUSIONS:
Eosinophilic fasciitis does not always have a good prognosis. Ventilatory restriction, perimyositis and poor treatment response are not infrequent in a series of patients attended in a general hospital.
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Authors | Ernesto Trallero Araguas, Albert Selva O'Callaghan, Carmen Pilar Simeón Aznar, Eduardo Sanjurjo Golpe, Vicente García-Patos, Miquel Vilardell Tarrés |
Journal | Medicina clinica
(Med Clin (Barc))
Vol. 125
Issue 4
Pg. 145-8
(Jun 25 2005)
ISSN: 0025-7753 [Print] Spain |
Vernacular Title | Fascitis eosinofílica: estudio de 10 pacientes. |
PMID | 15989857
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Eosinophilia
(complications, epidemiology)
- Fasciitis
(complications, epidemiology, pathology)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Respiration Disorders
(epidemiology)
- Retrospective Studies
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