Eosinophilic Fasciitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Yasemin Turan1, Ömer Faruk Şendur1, Işıl Karataş-Berkit1, Hakkı Arslan1, Emel Dikicioğlu-Çetin2

1Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Aydın, Turkey
2Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Aydın, Turkey

Keywords: Eosinophilic fasciitis, groove sign

Abstract

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare entity characterized by peripheral eosinophilia, fasciitis and “groove sign”. The characteristic features of this inflammatory disease include scleroderma-like skin indurations, predominantly on the extremities, and peripheral blood eosinophilia. Systemic organs are generally not affected. In this paper, we present the clinical characteristics of a 35-year-old male patient who could not be diagnosed for a long period and was diagnosed as eosinophilic fasciitis following muscle biopsy. We also include herein the results of our literature survey regarding this disease. (Turk J Rheumatol 2010; 25: 208-13)