Diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia: histological and electron microscopic study
Tamura, T.; Saito, Y.; Ishikawa, H.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica 59(4): 325-331
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5555 PMID: 92146 Document Number: 151092
A female case of diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia (or eosinophilic fasciitis) is reported. This disease is characterized by suddenly developed circumscribed subcutaneous indurations on the extremities, hyalinized fibrosis of the fascia and peripheral eosinophilia. Our patient further displayed Raynaud's phenomenon preceded by thrombophlebitis, and histological and electron microscopical features of her subcutaneous hyalinized area centering at the fascia closely resembled those of morphaea.