Eosinophilic fasciitis with porphyria cutanea tarda and progressive destructive arthritis.
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.
Pressly
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, Columbia, MO.
Treadwell
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Ansbacher
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Winkler
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Hoyt
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Walker
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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