Eosinophilic fasciitis with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare connective tissue disorder, which can be associated with hematological complications in 10% of cases, such as aplastic anemia or acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria had never been described in a patient suffering from eosinophilic fasciitis. We report an original case of a 59-year-old patient who developed a moderate aplastic pancytopenia while he was treated for a biopsy-proven eosinophilic fasciitis. A complete set of investigations was carried out and was found to be negative, including a first research of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Two years after disease onset, while pancytopenia remained stable, occurrence of morning dark urine led to found a paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria clone. We discuss a potential link between the two conditions and hypothesize that paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria blood cells may pre-exist for a long time and take a survival advantage in the setting of marrow injury, as observed in eosinophilic fasciitis with hematological complications. We finally suggest that paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria should be included as a hematological complication of eosinophilic fasciitis.

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E-Artikel

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2013

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2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:80

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Joint bone spine - 80(2013), 2 vom: 10. März, Seite 208-10

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Englisch

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de Boysson, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Chèze, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
Chapon, Françoise [VerfasserIn]
Le Mauff, Brigitte [VerfasserIn]
Auzary, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Geffray, Loïk [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 16.09.2013

Date Revised 05.02.2020

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Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.jbspin.2012.07.008

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NLM221228721