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Rheumatology 2005 44(3):411-413; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh510
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 3 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Eosinophilic fasciitis and eosinophilic colitis: a rare association

E. Suresh, V. Doherty1, O. Schofield1, C. Goddard2 and V. Dhillon

Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, 1 Department of Dermatology and 2 Department of Gastroenterology, St John's Hospital, Livingston, UK

Correspondence to: E. Suresh, Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK. E-mail: dr_esuresh@hotmail.com

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SIR, Although eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) was originally considered to be a disease predominantly localized to the fascia, several case reports have subsequently reported other manifestations [1–7]. Aplastic anaemia, haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, lymphoproliferative disorders, thyroiditis, pulmonary fibrosis, Sjögren's syndrome, Raynaud's phenomenon, myositis, medium vessel vasculitis, pericarditis, colitis and glomerulonephritis are some of the manifestations that have been reported in patients with EF. To our knowledge, the association of eosinophilic colitis (EC) and EF has been reported only once before [6]. Here, we describe an additional patient with EF who developed EC.

A 38-yr-old previously fit and healthy man initially presented to the general physicians in December 2000 with a 2-month history . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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