From owner-acaderm-l@ucdavis.edu Wed Jan 31 05:32 PST 1996 Received: from franc.ucdavis.edu by peseta.ucdavis.edu (8.7.3/UCD3.4.3) id FAA17632; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 05:32:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from host by franc.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id PAA23535; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:37:51 -0800 Received: from guilder.ucdavis.edu by franc.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id PAA23373; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:36:25 -0800 Received: from texnet.it by guilder.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id PAA09355; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:36:22 -0800 Received: from [151.99.150.63] ([151.99.150.69]) by texnet.it (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA11717 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 01:21:12 +0100 Message-Id: Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:37:09 +0100 Reply-To: acaderm-l@ucdavis.edu Sender: owner-acaderm-l@ucdavis.edu From: dante@texnet.it To: acaderm-l@ucdavis.edu Subject: Help! Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Listprocessor-Version: 7.2 -- ListProcessor by CREN Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 414 Status: RO X-Status: Dear Sirs, an italian woman suffers from a disease called, in Italian, 'fascite eosinofila'; its Latin name might be 'fascitis eosinophilex'. This disease should be very rare and Italian doctors treat this woman only with cortisone. At present, this treatment does not seem to be suitable. Can you help me to solve this urgent case? Best regards, Daniele Mazzeranghi From owner-rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu Wed Jan 31 17:04 PST 1996 Received: from franc.ucdavis.edu by peseta.ucdavis.edu (8.7.3/UCD3.4.3) id RAA28854; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:04:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from host by franc.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id QAA08818; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:29:38 -0800 Received: from peseta.ucdavis.edu by franc.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id PAA01129; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:54:37 -0800 Received: from rocky.ucdavis.edu by peseta.ucdavis.edu (8.7.3/UCD3.4.3) id PAA10360; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:54:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by rocky.ucdavis.edu (8.7.3/UCD3.4.3) id PAA27343; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:54:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:54:32 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu Sender: owner-rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu From: Haines Ely To: rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu Cc: RxDERM-L Subject: Re: Help! (fwd) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: szdrskin@rocky.ucdavis.edu X-Listprocessor-Version: 7.2 -- ListProcessor by CREN Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Length: 906 Status: RO X-Status: On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, A Huntley wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:37:09 +0100 > From: dante@texnet.it > To: acaderm-l@ucdavis.edu > Subject: Help! > > Dear Sirs, > > an italian woman suffers from a disease called, in Italian, 'fascite > eosinofila'; its Latin name might be 'fascitis eosinophilex'. This disease > should be very rare and Italian doctors treat this woman only with > cortisone. > At present, this treatment does not seem to be suitable. Can you help me > to solve this urgent case? > > Best regards, > > Daniele Mazzeranghi > > > > Eosinophilic fasciitis can be treated with Cimetidine 400mg T.I.D. and with Pentoxifylline 400mg T.I.D. Both have been reported to work and I have used them with success. I'm more impressedwith pentoxifylline than cimetidine. Haines Ely, Grass Valley, Ca. From owner-rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu Wed Jan 31 17:42 PST 1996 Received: from franc.ucdavis.edu by peseta.ucdavis.edu (8.7.3/UCD3.4.3) id RAA09226; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:42:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from host by franc.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id RAA19402; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:24:36 -0800 Received: from guilder.ucdavis.edu by franc.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id QAA11732; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:45:56 -0800 Received: from mail04.mail.aol.com by guilder.ucdavis.edu (8.6.12/UCD3.4.3) id QAA27855; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:45:53 -0800 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA18139 for rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 19:45:21 -0500 Message-Id: <960131194520_411618396@mail04.mail.aol.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 19:45:21 -0500 Reply-To: rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu Sender: owner-rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu From: Gfweb@aol.com To: rxderm-l@ucdavis.edu Subject: Re: Help! (fwd) X-Listprocessor-Version: 7.2 -- ListProcessor by CREN Content-Type: text Content-Length: 699 Status: RO X-Status: Eosinophilic fasciitis (Schulman's Syndrome) is a serious inflammatory disease of unknown cause. Patients get fatigue, swelling, hardening of the skin and sometimes internal problems. It may be confused with the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and scleroderma. If she has eosinophilic fasciitis, cortisone at 1-2mg/kg/day is a reasonable treatment, but there are other options including cytoxan and penicillimine (which are of less certain value, but may be needed). This is a disease that must be treated by doctors who have experience with it. Probably a medical school professor would be a good first choice. Guy Webster, MD, PhD Dept. Dermatology Jefferson Medical College Phila., Pa. 19107