Eosinophilic Fasciitis (Schulman Syndrome)

Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. The characteristic features of this inflammatory disease include scleroderma-like skin indurations, predominantly on the extremities, and peripheral blood eosinophilia. It is usually seen in young males, rarely in elderly women and in children. In this paper, we present a 45-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of pain and tightness of the skin in the upper extremities. She was diagnosed as EF with the characteristic clinical features and histopathological findings and responded well to systemic steroid therapy.

Eozinofilik Fasiit (Shulman Sendromu)

Eozinofilik fasit (EF) nadir görülen ve etiyolojisi tam olarak bilinmeyen inþamatuvar bir hastalýktýr. Periferal kanda eozinofili ve özellikle ekstremitelerde skleroderma benzeri deri endurasyonlarý bu hastalýðýn karakteristik özellikleridir. Genellikle genç erkeklerde, nadiren yaþlý kadýnlarda ve çocuklarda görülür. Bu yazýda üst ekstremitelerinde aðrý ve sertlik þikayetleri ile baþvuran, karakteristik klinik özellikleri ve histopatolojik bulgularý ile EF tanýsý konulan ve sistemik steroid tedavisine iyi yanýt veren 45 yaþýndaki kadýn olgu sunulmuþtur.