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ArticleCureus2024

Unmasking the Veiled Intruder: A Complicated Case of Eosinophilic Fasciitis.

Asif Uddin, Daniel Lozeau, Asha Patnaik

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. [Eosinophilic fascitis: A case report and literature review].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Asif UddinRheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA.
Daniel LozeauDermatology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA.
Asha PatnaikRheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare inflammatory disease characterized by skin and fascial thickening. Unlike systemic sclerosis, EF lacks internal organ involvement and specific autoantibodies, with peripheral eosinophilia as a hallmark feature. Patients may exhibit joint pain and contractures due to fibrosis. We present a case of a patient who presented with skin thickening involving her upper and lower extremities and was ultimately diagnosed with EF based on a skin biopsy. This case underscores the importance of recognizing the unique clinical and histological features of EF.

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autoimmune diseasebiopsycorticosteroid treatmenteosinophilic fasciitishypergammaglobulinemiamonoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significanceparaneoplasticperipheral eosinophiliasarcoidosissystemic sclerosis

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PMID39099942
PMCPMC11298238

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