Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Aug 2015)

Sweet Syndrome in childhood

  • Talita Batalha Pires dos Santos,
  • Barbara Cristina Gouveia Sales,
  • Marianne Sigres,
  • Fernando Rosman,
  • Ana Maria Mosca de Cerqueira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153247
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 90, no. 4
pp. 567 – 569

Abstract

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AbstractSweet syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is a recurrent and rare skin disease caused by the release of cytokines, with diverse possible etiologic causes. It presents clinically with polymorphic skin lesions, fever, arthralgia, and peripheral leukocytosis. In general, it is associated with infections, malignancy and drugs. It usually regresses spontaneously and treatment is primarily to control the basic disease. The authors report the case of a child of 1 year and 11 months who developed Sweet syndrome.

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