Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2021/06, 121(6):555–559. doi: 10.1515/jom-2020-0284, type of study: ,cr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

case report [736]
dermatology [22]
eosinophilic fasciitis [2]
male [861]
scleroderma [3]
Shulman syndrome [1]

Abstract:

This case report highlights the potentially underrecognized subtype of unilateral eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) in a 28 year old man. With fewer than 300 reported encounters to date, EF is a rare disease that eludes clinicians by presenting as a scleroderma like syndrome. As EF remains a clinical diagnosis, biopsy results may be nonspecific, and the disease can easily be misdiagnosed (or missed entirely) if a full thickness biopsy is not reviewed by a dermatopathologist. The authors also emphasize the importance of internationally accepted diagnostic criteria, of which at least two different sets exist.