Non responding pneumonia with skin lesions.
Sweet's syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatitis) is characterised by classical skin lesions accompanied by fever and malaise. Systemic involvement may be present and lung involvement in Sweet's syndrome has been reported in the form of bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia and pleural effusion. There are dense papillary neutrophilic infiltrates on histopathology. We present a case of Sweets' syndrome with left lower lobe consolidation and persistent fever which was non-responsive to antibiotics but showed clinical improvement with clearing of radiological opacities on oral steroid therapy.
Ladhani
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, B.Y.L. Nair Ch Hospital, Mumbai.
Kamble
R T
RT
Sundaram
P
P
Joshi
J M
JM
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones