title: Concurrence of Sweet's syndrome, pathergy phenomenon and erythema nodosum-like lesions.
abstract: We report the case of a 54-year-old woman with concurrent Sweet's syndrome, pathergy phenomenon and eythema nodosum-like lesions associated with suppurative tonsillitis. Tender, violaceous and highly edematous papules and plaques were detected on the forearms and legs, some of which were pseudovesicular. Similar edematous papules were detected on the dorsum of the hands at the sites of intravenous injection. Biopsies of a plaque on the forearm and a papule at the site of intravenous injection confirmed the presence of Sweet's syndrome. Multiple, tender, violet-red, subcutaneous erythematous nodules were revealed on the legs. A biopsy taken from a nodule on the leg revealed septal panniculitis. To our knowledge, no patient with concurrent Sweet's syndrome, pathergy phenomenon, and erythema nodosum-lesions had been reported yet in previous literature.
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yinhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
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