[Functional assessment and rehabilitation of eosinophilic fasciitis].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate functional assessment and rehabilitation in eosinophilic fasciitis.


METHODS
Description of a clinical case of eosinophilic fasciitis, including the evolution of functional assessment after treatment with corticotherapy and rehabilitation.


METHODS
Our case was a 33-year-old patient with major walking disability and pain in the left calf. Biological examination and imaging, including nuclear magnetic resonance and bone scintigraphy, showed inflammation of the adipose and muscular tissues of the posterior area of the leg. Cutaneomuscular biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic fasciitis. Corticotherapy was then instituted in parallel with rehabilitation to limit deficiencies and disability function.


CONCLUSIONS
Functional assessment used as indicating objective could, in partnership with follow-up of the biological inflammatory syndrome, lead to decreased use of corticoids in iosinophilic fasciitis. Moreover, supplemental rehabilitation could limit deficiencies and the functional disability resulting from the fasciitis.
Joassin
R
R
Service de médecine physique réadaptation et rhumatologie, clinique Saint-Pierre, 9, avenue Reine-Fabiola, 1340 Ottignies, Belgique. joassinroxane@yahoo.fr
Donnay
M
M
Hugé
J
J
Brasseur
J-P
JP
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004630:Emergencies; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016138:Walking
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones