Shulman Fasciitis
Conditions
Keywords
Shulman, fasciitis, Shulman fasciitis, eosinophilic fasciitis, inflammatory disease, prevalence
Brief summary
Shulman fasciitis or eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare inflammatory disease, usually benign but disabling, described by Shulman in 1974. The diagnosis is suggested by the clinic, confirmed by MRI and confirmed by histology, there really no published diagnostic criteria validated for this rare disease. The low number of cases reported in the literature reflects the difficulty of studying the epidemiology of this disease, to establish and evaluate therapeutic strategies and to assess prognosis. Work on this subject are few. To our knowledge, no study has previously used to estimate the incidence and prevalence of this disease. Therefore, the investigators want to determine the prevalence of FEs in Alsace in 2016 by a study capture-recapture using several independent sources of identification of cases in order to have recent epidemiological data and learn more about this disease.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients aged over 18 years * Patients suffering from fasciitis Shulmande and living in Alsace at 1 January 2016
Exclusion criteria
* refusal to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Estimation of the prevalence of Shulman fasciitis in Alsace, the calculation will be carried out using the numerator of all the cases identified and in the denominator the general population (Alsatian population of both sexes) | all living patients in Alsace from 1 January 2016 to december 2016 |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactJean SIBILIA, MD, PhD
Backup ContactLionel Spielmann, MD
Outcome results
None listed