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Steroid‐resistant eosinophilic fasciitis successfully treated with addition of extracorporeal photopheresis
Author(s) -
PartarrieuMejías Felipe,
GiacamanVon der Weth María Macarena,
PérezFerriols Amparo,
GoterrisViciedo Rosa,
Alegrede Miquel Victor
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.12926
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilic fasciitis , extracorporeal photopheresis , dermatology , surgery , photopheresis , fasciitis , disease , graft versus host disease , transplantation
Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is an uncommon fibrosing disease of the fascia with characteristic cutaneous and hematologic manifestations. Although EF is most commonly treated with corticosteroids at the beginning, a considerable number of patients show an inadequate response and hence various therapeutic strategies have been tried, including extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP). We describe the case of a 66‐year‐old woman with steroid‐resistant EF that improved significantly after ECP was added to her treatment regimen. To date, only six cases of this therapeutic strategy have been reported in English literature.