Sweet's syndrome and chronic lymphocytic leukemia associated with scirrhous breast cancer. A case report.
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.
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Istituto di Ematologia, L. e A. Seràgnoli, Università, Bologna, Italy.
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Colombini
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Balducci
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Cenacchi
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Gamberi
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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