Eosinophilic Fasciitis with Hypereosinophilia as the Initial Clinical Manifestation of Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 61; no. 22; pp. 3425 - 3429
• Main Authors: Okuyama, Shuhei, Satomi, Hidetoshi, Ishikawa, Ryuto, Shishido, Tsutomu, Sato, Keijiro, Ueki, Toshimitsu, Sumi, Masahiko, Kobayashi, Hikaru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.11.2022; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Biopsy; Bone marrow; Case Report; Diagnosis; Edema; Eosinophilia; Eosinophilia - complications; Eosinophilia - diagnosis; eosinophilic fasciitis; Fasciitis; Fasciitis - diagnosis; Fasciitis - drug therapy; Fasciitis - etiology; Hematologic Neoplasms; Histiocytosis; Humans; hypereosinophilic syndrome; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - complications; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - diagnosis; Internal medicine; Leukocytes (eosinophilic); Liver diseases; Lymphocytes T; Lymphocytosis; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral - complications; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral - diagnosis; Male; Malignancy; Middle Aged; T-cell lymphoma; hematologic neoplasms; eosinophilia; eosinophilic fasciitis; hypereosinophilic syndrome; T-cell lymphoma

A 58-year-old man presented with painful edema of the extremities, and a diagnosis of eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) was confirmed. He also met the criteria for hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), but there were no findings suggestive of malignancies or hematologic neoplasms despite a close examination....