Eosinophilic fasciitis: report of a case diagnosed 14 years after its onset.
The authors describe a case of eosinophilic fasciitis diagnosed 14 years after the onset of the clinical and laboratory manifestations of the disease. Failure to carry out an adeguate histopathological examination during this period played a role in delaying diagnosis.
Ferlazzo
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Istituto di Patologia Medica, Università degli Studi, Messina.
Quattrocchi
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P
Carretti
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La Rosa
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G
Barresi
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G
D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D016603:Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D011282:Pregnenediones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011282:Pregnenediones; C021988:deflazacort