title: Progressive systemic sclerosis with eosinophilia and a fulminating course.
abstract: A case of progressive systemic sclerosis, with blood and pleural fluid eosinophilia and a fulminating course, is presented. Wide-mouth colonic diverticula developed within 10 weeks. Death from renal failure occured five and a half months after the onset of symptoms. The possibility of eosinophilia as a marker of severe disease in progressive systemic sclerosis is raised.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology