title: Sweet's syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 35-year-old Japanese female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presented with fever, erythematous papules and nodules, and polyarthralgia. Skin biopsy of a nodule was compatible with Sweet's syndrome. The papules/nodules were well treated with an oral glucocorticoid. Thirty cases of Sweet's syndrome associated with lupus erythematosus (LE) have been reported in the published work. The mean age was 34.2 years. They showed a higher male ratio (male : female, 1:2) compared with patients with SLE (1:9) and Sweet's syndrome (1:3.7). Sweet's syndrome may occur as a manifestation of LE, and a moderate dose of an oral glucocorticoid will result in a good response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. htsuji@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshifuji
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: Naoichiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yukawa
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmura
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyagawa-Hayashino
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kabashima
authors.forename: Tsuneyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Sweet's syndrome; erythematous nodule; glucocorticoid; neutrophilic dermatosis; systemic lupus erythematosus