2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.06.001
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Intravenous immune globulins to treat eosinophilic fasciitis: A case report

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“…His ESR also normalized and most areas of the affected skin began to soften. Additional therapeutic measures, including psoralen UVA photochemotherapy, cyclosporine A, or intravenous immune globulin, have been reported to be of some success [13][14][15].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…His ESR also normalized and most areas of the affected skin began to soften. Additional therapeutic measures, including psoralen UVA photochemotherapy, cyclosporine A, or intravenous immune globulin, have been reported to be of some success [13][14][15].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, the nail fold capillary abnormalities, antinuclear antibodies and systemic sclerosis‐specific autoantibodies (anti‐topoisomerase I antibodies, anticentromere antibodies and anti‐RNA polymerase antibodies) do not appear in eosinophilic fasciitis, but instead patients with eosinophilic fasciitis experience elevated levels of peripheral eosinophils . Eosinophilic fasciitis is not normally associated with Raynaud's phenomenon, but there has been a report of patients with accompanying Raynaud's phenomenon …”
Section: Guidelines For the Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further investigation into the efficacy of rituximab, i.v. immunoglobulin, anti‐thymocyte globulin and fasciectomy is desired …”
Section: Guidelines For the Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Niektórzy autorzy donoszą o prawie całkowitym ustąpieniu zmian skórnych oraz przykurczów po 2-letnim stosowaniu terapii skojarzonej [11]. Z danych piśmiennictwa wynika, że w przypadku braku poprawy po glikokortykosteroidach i MTX lub w przypadku złej tolerancji czy przeciwwskazań do stosowania tych leków, w leczeniu EZP mają również zastosowanie cyklosporyna [13], mykofenolan mofetylu [14], infliksymab [15] i dożylne podanie immunoglobulin [16].…”
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