Sweet's syndrome and subacute thyroiditis.
A 63 year old woman developed biopsy documented lesions of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) one week after the onset of subacute thyroiditis. This is only the second reported case of such an association. The role of cytokines in the development of both subacute thyroiditis and Sweet's syndrome may be the link between these two conditions.
Kalmus
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Department of Medicine C, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. lsheink@post.tau.ac.il
Kovatz
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Shilo
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Ganem
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Shenkman
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013968:Thyroiditis, Subacute / Q000150:complications*