Sweet's syndrome with acute leukemia.
Sweet's syndrome presenting with malignancy or acute neutrophilic dermatosis is an unusual cutaneous disorder associated most commonly with acute myelogenous leukemia. Although other cancers may be linked to acute neutrophilic dermatosis, a large majority of patients have associated neoplasms of hematopoietic, plasma cell, or lymphoid nature. We report a patient with aplastic anemia who showed acute neutrophilic dermatosis and, ultimately, acute leukemia. The individual lesions responded to carbon dioxide laser surgery.
Sharma
P K
PK
Department of Plastic Surgery, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2757.
Schwartz
R A
RA
Janniger
C K
CK
Arbesfeld
D M
DM
Kapila
R
R
Decter
J A
JA
Lambert
W C
WC
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013577:Syndrome