title: Eosinophilic fasciitis: a rare skin sclerosis.
abstract: Eosinophilic fasciitis (Schulman's syndrome) is a rare disease with specific clinical symptoms such as the groove sign which facilitate diagnosis. We report a typical case of eosinophilic fasciitis in an otherwise healthy 49-year-old man who presented with "prayer and groove signs". Histological analysis showed sclerosis and eosinophilic infiltration of the fascia. The patient was successfully treated with systemic corticotherapy and Cyclosporine. A short review of the clinicopathological features of the lesions is presented.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 9 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92104 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Amandine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Servy
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clérici
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malines
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Le Parc
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Côté