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Rheumatology 2001; 40: 1428-1430
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Remitting fasciitis without eosinophilia: a new disease entity? A case report

M. Ohno, S. Nagaoka, K. Onari1, H. Kitamura2, M. Hachiya1, S. Kondo1 and Y. Ishigatsubo3

Department of Rheumatology,
1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery and
2 Division of Pathology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama and
3 First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

SIR, We describe the case of a man who developed remitting fasciitis without eosinophilia. In 1974, Schulman described a new syndrome characterized by the rapid onset of a woody induration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue with a striking peripheral blood eosinophilia and histological evidence of thickened fascia [1]. This disease was further characterized by Rodnan et al. [2], who proposed the term ‘eosinophilic fasciitis’ (EF). In most cases, the clinical course is progressive and results in joint . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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