title: Eosinophilic fasciitis with porphyria cutanea tarda and progressive destructive arthritis.
abstract: The course of arthritis with eosinophilic fasciitis is poorly documented. We report a patient in whom polyarthritis preceded the clinical appearance of eosinophilic fasciitis and progressed over a 14-year period to a destructive process with inflammatory and degenerative characteristics. Porphyria cutanea tarda and transient extramedullary pancytopenia complicated this patient's disease.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Columbia, MO.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pressly
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Treadwell
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ansbacher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Hoyt
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000209:etiology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology