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© 1990 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS WITHOUT PERIPHERAL EOSINOPHILLA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

D. LEWIS, I. GUPTA, J. M. TORRY, B. G. ISSA and D. SWINSON

Leigh Infirmary, Royal Albert and Edward Infirmary and Wrightington Hospital Wigan

Correspondence to: Correspodence to Dr D. Lewis, Medical Department, Leigh Infirmary, The Avenue, Leigh WN7 1HS.

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a syndrome usually characterized by limb and joint pain, a raised sedimentation rate, hypergammaglobulinaemia, subcutaneous fasciitis and peripheral as well as tissue eosinophilia.

We present a case with a positive tissue diagnosis, but who presented predominantly with marked nocturnal sweating and pyrexia.

KEY WORDS: Fever, Night sweats, Muscle, Scleroderma


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