title: Sweet's syndrome and chronic lymphocytic leukemia associated with scirrhous breast cancer. A case report.
abstract: A 55-year-old woman developed Sweet's syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, AFND) 5 years after a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Two months later she developed a scirrhous carcinoma of the breast. The patient died 7 months later from sepsis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of an association among a cancer of the breast, CLL and Sweet's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ematologia, L. e A. Seràgnoli, Università, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Visani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patrizi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colombini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balducci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cenacchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gamberi
mesh_terms: D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000150:complications*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome