Eosinophilic fasciitis treated with psoralen-ultraviolet A bath photochemotherapy

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare disorder which can markedly affect the qua lity of life in individual patients. So far, no generally accepted and effe ctive treatment modality has been available. Although the precise nature of Eosinophilic fasciitis is still unknown, it is often regarded as a variant of localized scleroderma (morphoea). Phototherapy and photochemotherapy ha ve been shown to be effective in the treatment of sclerodermatous skin lesi ons. We report a patient with eosinophilic Fasciitis which was successfully treated with psoralen plus ultraviolet A bath photochemotherapy within 6 m onths.