Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis.
Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, or Sweet's syndrome, usually occurs in middle-aged women with a preceding upper respiratory tract infection. In about 20 percent of reported cases, the syndrome is associated with an underlying malignancy, most frequently acute myelogenous leukemia. A dense infiltrate of mature neutrophils is seen in the middle and upper portions of the dermis. Corticosteroid therapy produces rapid improvement of all manifestations of the syndrome.
Cohen
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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York.
Almeida
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Kurzrock
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones