[Sweet's syndrome with pregnancy].
A 31-year-old pregnant woman had eruptions on her wrist, face and neck. We diagnosed her as having Sweet's syndrome from clinical symptoms, histopathological and laboratory findings. We successfully treated her with prednisolone and there are no relapses after delivery. We studied her polymorphonuclear leukocyte activity by the polarization assay with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine as a chemoattractant and it is higher than that of control. It is known that Sweet's syndrome is accompanied with collagen diseases and malignant diseases or others as underlying diseases or conditions. Three cases of Sweet's syndrome associated with pregnancy have been reported before and this is the first one in Japan.
Department of Dermatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine.
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Inoue
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Mochizuki
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*