title: Pulmonary and central nervous system involvement in Sweet's syndrome: a very rare case report.
abstract: Sweet's syndrome is a multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by painful, erythematous plaques and aseptic neutrophilic infiltration of various organs. The absence of vasculitis is a histological criterion for diagnosis, but recent reports suggest that vasculitis can occur in Sweet's syndrome. Involvement of the central nervous system and the pulmonary system is very rare. In this case study we describe a chronic alcoholic man with Sweet's syndrome associated with acute-onset encephalitis and severe pulmonary involvement. The patient's symptoms responded dramatically to steroid treatment, and notably, a skin biopsy of his lesions showed vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, School of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey. drhaydemir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hande
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aydemir
authors.forename: Nefise
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oztoprak
authors.forename: Güven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Altinyazar
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barut
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piskin
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akduman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis