Eosinophilic fasciitis associated with autoimmune thyroiditis.
Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is scleroderma-like disease without Raynaud's phenomenon or visceral involvement. It is characterized by painful swelling of the extremities, accompanied by rapid weight gain, fever and myalgia. The acute state of disease is associated with significant peripheral blood eosinophilia, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and hypergammaglobulinemia. EF is also frequently associated with hematological abnormalities, including malignant lymphoproliferative diseases, but rarely associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. In the present study we report a case of eosinophilic fasciitis associated with autoimmune thyroiditis.
Hur
Jin-Wuk
JW
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Hye-Soon
HS
Uhm
Wan-Sik
WS
Jun
Jae-Bum
JB
Bae
Sang-Cheol
SC
Park
Chan-Kum
CK
Yoo
Dae-Hyun
DH
D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis