title: Neutrophilic dermatosis of dorsal hands.
abstract: Sweet's syndrome is characterized by erythematous tender nodules and plaques over face and extremities. Fever, leukocytosis with neutrophilia, and a neutrophilic infiltrate in the dermis are characteristic features. Neutrophilic dermatosis of dorsal hands is a rare localized variant of Sweet's syndrome occurring predominantly over dorsa of hands. Various degrees of vascular damage may be observed on histopathology of these lesions. Both Sweet's syndrome and its dorsal hand variant have been reported in association with malignancies, inflammatory bowel diseases, and drugs. We report a patient with neutrophilic dermatoses of dorsal hands associated with erythema nodosum. He showed an excellent response to corticosteroids and dapsone.
authors: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kaur
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Garg
authors: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Sood
keywords: Neutrophilic dermatosis of dorsal hands; Sweet's syndrome; vasculitis
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