title: Eosinophilic fasciitis associated with autoimmune thyroiditis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Wuk
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: Hye-Soon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wan-Sik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Uhm
authors.forename: Jae-Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Sang-Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Chan-Kum
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dae-Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: 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