Changes

Recent additions and changes to this site:

2025-01-06: Update Chats page to simplify text.
2025-01-05: Update Home page to add link to MSD Manual.
2025-01-05: Update Chats page text and add link to ‘Grok’ chatbot.
2024-12-28: Add ‘2023.Unilateral Eosinophilic Fasciitis successfully treated with methotrexate and compression brace, Bologna, Italy’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-12-28: Add ‘2021.Eosinophilic Fasciitis Secondary to Cemiplimab (see also 2019 group study on Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy by Chan), Reno, NV, USA’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-12-28: Add ‘2021.Eosinophilic Fasciitis as a manifestation of graft‑versus‑host disease (GVHD), Chalopin, Tours, France’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-12-28: Add ‘2003.Eosinophilic Fasciitis and eosinophilic cellulitis in a patient with abnormal circulating clonal T cells, Philadelphia, PA, USA’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-12-24: Add new page ‘Chats’ for asking chatbots questions about Eosinophilic Fasciitis (EF).
2024-07-31: Rename ‘2021.Eosinophilic Fasciitis progressing to Dermatomyositis in 65-year-old male, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA’ in Studies (Cases).
2024-07-31: Add ‘2011.Eosinophilic Fasciitis mimicking Angioedema and response to Infliximab in a Pediatric Patient, Poliak, Philadelphia, USA’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-07-30: Add ‘2022.Eosinophilic Myositis – towards a clinical-pathological continuum from muscle to fascia and skin (includes EF patients), Lyon, France’ to Studies (Guides).
2024-02-13: Add ‘2019.Shaping eosinophil identity in the tissue contexts, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA’ to Drugs (Mepolizumab) and Studies (Guides).
2024-02-13: Add ‘2021.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – Two case reports (with pictures of morphea-like skin lesions), Mazilu, Bucharest, Romania’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-02-13: Add ‘2010.From diagnosis to remission – place of MRI in eosinophilic fasciitis, CHU Nancy, France’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-02-13: Add ‘2009.Eosinophilic fascitis – two cases treated with ultraviolet phototherapy, Poznan, Poland’ to Studies (Cases).
2024-02-03: Update Statistics page with link to mentioned symptoms (removed in 2020, now reinstated).
2024-01-26: Update Statistics page with link to suspected triggers (removed in 2020, now reinstated).
2024-01-21: Update Studies page with link to ‘Documents in English (complete collection)’.
2024-01-21: Update Home page to remove obsolete links.
2024-01-19: Update Drugs page link to what-is-the-difference-between-prednisone-and-prednisolone.
2024-01-14: Switch to a different WordPress theme (minor changes to appearance).
2023-06-26: Add ‘2020.Characteristics of Japanese patients with eosinophilic fasciitis, Yamamoto, Japan.pdf’ to Studies (Groups).
2023-05-13: Add ‘2018.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – a single center experience of seven patients, Shamriz, Jerusalem, Israel’ to Studies (Groups).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2023.ultrasonographic diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of 45 cases of eosinophilic fasciitis, Yang, Beijing, China’ to Studies (Chinese).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2022.Clinical guide to eosinophilic fasciitis straddling dermatology and rheumatology, Naschitz, Haifa, Israel’ to Studies (Guides).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2021.Eosinophilic Fasciitis in a pregnant woman – good response to infliximab, Jiménez‑García, Marbella, Spain’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2021.Not just eosinophilic fasciitis (65-year-old male), Chirila, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2020.The use of tocilizumab in the treatment of refractory eosinophilic fasciitis, Vílchez-Oya, Barcelona, Spain’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2020.A case of eosinophilic fasciitis without skin manifestations and with suspected lupus, Asaoka, Fukui, Japan’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2019.Clinical experience with biologic treatment in resistant eosinophilic fasciitis, Meir Medical Center, Israel’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2019.Baseline and long-term outcomes of eosinophilic fasciitis in 89 patients, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA’ to Studies (Groups).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2017.Eosinophilic Fasciitis during pregnancy – case report, Fonseca, Sao Paulo, Brazil’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2012.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – case report of 57-year-old woman, Tsoi, Utrecht, Netherlands’ to Studies (Cases).
2023-05-03: Add ‘1989.Eosinophilic Fasciitis, Doyle, Sydney, Australia & Ginsburg, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA’ to Studies (Guides).
2023-05-03: Add ‘2015.Fasciite à éosinophiles – mise au point diagnostique et thérapeutique, Sène, Paris, France’ to Studies (Français).
2023-02-05: Fix broken link to DRUGS statistics on Drugs page.
2023-02-01: Add ‘2023.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – Current and Remaining Challenges, Mazilu, Romania’ to Studies page.
2023-01-31: Website migrated to a new hosting provider. Sorry for the several hours of downtime.
2022-10-07: Copy ‘2020.Successful treatment of refractory eosinophilic fasciitis with tofacitinib’ from Drugs to Studies page.
2022-10-07: Add ‘2010.Unusual presentation of eosinophilic fasciitis (two cases)’ to Studies page.
2022-10-07: Add ‘2012.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – Management in a Developing Country (with financial hardship)’ to Studies page.
2022-10-07: Add ‘2013.Central Nervous System Involvement on Eosinophilic Fasciitis’ to Studies page.
2022-10-07: Add ‘2013.The differential diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (and how to recognize EF)’ to Studies page.
2022-09-30: Add ‘2014.Association Of Eosinophilic Fasciitis With Morphea (with pictures)’ to Studies page.
2022-09-30: Add ‘2015.Atypical Presentation of Eosinophilic Fasciitis with Pitting Edema’ to Studies page.
2022-09-30: Add ‘2016.Atypical presentations of eosinophilic fasciitis (4 cases)’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2021.Eosinophilic Fasciitis with groove sign responded to high-dose IVIG’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2017.Generalized morphea with eosinophilic fasciitis overlap after epoxy exposure’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2016.Eosinophilic Fasciitis during Infliximab Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2015.Efficacy of Tocilizumab in the treatment of Eosinophilic Fasciitis’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2013.Eosinophilic Fasciitis in Siblings (sister and brother)’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2022.Graft versus host disease-related Eosinophilic Fasciitis in 39 patients’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2017.Eosinophilic Fasciitis and morphea profunda – A comparative study of 27 cases’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2013.Severe Aplastic Anemia Associated With Eosinophilic Fasciitis (23 cases analyzed)’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Add ‘2017.Scleroderma Mimicker – Eosinophilic Fasciitis, Sinha & Ghosh’ to Studies page.
2022-09-29: Rewrite first paragraph on Drugs and Studies pages.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2011.Two Cases of Eosinophilic Fasciitis treated successfully with Prednisolone’ to Studies page.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2013.Eosinophilic Fasciitis associated with abnormal bone-marrow and inversion of chromosome 5’ to Studies page.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2015.Delayed diagnosis of unilateral Eosinophilic Fasciitis in female patient successfully treated’ to Studies page.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2015.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – dramatic response to pulse therapy with methylprednisolone’ to Studies page.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2016.Efficacy of eculizumab against Eosinophilic Fasciitis associated with PNH’ to Studies page.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2017.Diagnostic utility of MRI in Eosinophilic Fasciitis’ to Studies page.
2022-09-16: Add ‘2019.Eosinophilic fasciitis – comparative evaluation of seven patients’ to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Add ‘2017.Eosinophilic Fasciitis distinction from Morphea among 20 cases’ to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Add ‘2016.Eosinophilic Fasciitis – a case report (also in Spanish)’ to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Copy ‘2016.Predictors of Response to Methotrexate in Patients with Eosinophilic Fasciitis’ from Drugs to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Copy ‘2014.Eosinophilic Fasciitis morphea successfully treated with azathioprine’ from Drugs to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Copy ‘2008.Long term remission by cyclosporine in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis’ from Drugs to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Copy ‘2007.Recurrent Eosinophilic Fasciitis Responsive to Cyclophosphamide’ from Drugs to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Copy ‘2005.Eosinophilic fasciitis successfully treated with cyclosporine’ from Drugs to Studies page.
2022-09-15: Add link to Drugs page on Home page.
2022-09-14: Reorganize Studies page and rewrite second paragraph on Home page.
2022-09-12: Change site title to patients and carers.
2022-04-06: Update Tofacitinib on Drugs page with China case report.
2021-11-14: Documents moved from Google Drive to hosting server for faster access.
2021-11-01: Rename this page to Changes.
2020-12-06: Statistics page updated with new data.
2020-12-01: Updated FINDINGS document on Statistics page.
2020-11-15: Put Demographics and Prevalence on Statistics page.
2020-11-12: Add Remissions patterns to Treatment page.
2020-11-10: Statistics page updated with new data.
2020-10-03: Studies page updated with reports on Cellcept and Reslizumab.
2020-09-29: Studies page updated with case report from China.
2020-09-28: Drugs page rewritten to use best sources in support of each drug.
2020-09-26: Treatment page rewritten with Prevalence paragraph added.
2020-09-21: SEO recommendations followed (small changes to texts).
2020-08-30: Statistics page updated with new data.
2020-08-23: Treatment page: rewrite paragraph “Treatments that work”.
2020-08-23: Treatment page: rewrite paragraph “Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome”.
2020-08-22: Studies page: “2018 – Medscape – Eosinophilic Fasciitis – Practice Essentials” vectorized.
2020-02-12: Statistics page updated with new data.
2020-01-18: Add Xeljanz to drugs on Statistics page.
2020-01-10: Add FAMILY diseases to Statistics page.
2020-01-10: Statistics page updated with new data.
2019-11-30: Statistics page updated with new data.
2019-11-19: Statistics report 5 recalculated with new data.
2019-11-18: Statistics report 3 recalculated with new data.
2019-11-07: Statistics page updated with last three months of postings.
2019-10-27: Added “2018 – Medscape – Eosinophilic Fasciitis – Practice Essentials” to Studies.
2019-09-06: Statistics page updated with last three months of postings.
2019-07-09: Improved text, new look, domain changed to .ch (Switzerland).