Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare disease in children. Although changes similar to linear scleroderma have been reported, the outcome is usually good. In this report, a 10-year-old boy who developed eosinophilic fasciitis without a good response to steroids is presented. He progressed to linear scleroderma within months. Our case reinforces the hypothesis that eosinophilic fasciitis may be an early manifestation or a variant of localized scleroderma similar to the other cases in the literature.
C1 Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Malatya, Turkey.
Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pathol, Malatya, Turkey.
Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Turgut Ozal Med Ctr, Malatya, Turkey.