Eosinophilic fasciitis without peripheral eosinophilia presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin.
Eosinophilic fasciitis is a syndrome usually characterized by limb and joint pain, a raised sedimentation rate, hypergammaglobulinaemia, subcutaneous fasciitis and peripheral as well as tissue eosinophilia. We present a case with a positive tissue diagnosis, but who presented predominantly with marked nocturnal sweating and pyrexia.
Lewis
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Leigh Infirmary, Medical Department.
Gupta
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Torry
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Issa
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Swinson
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis