title: Sweet's syndrome associated with cellulitis - a challenging diagnosis.
abstract: Sweet's syndrome is a neutrophilic dermatosis with worldwide distribution that has been associated with inflammatory autoimmune diseases, infections, malignancies, drugs, and pregnancy. The disease is idiopathic in up to 50% of patients. A 64-year-old woman, diagnosed with right limb cellulitis (4 days of evolution), was seen at our department, due to persistent cellulitis and progressive appearance of painful nodules and plaques in both shins and the right forearm (2 days of evolution). Taken together, clinical, laboratory and pathological data suggested the diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome, probably secondary to cellulitis of the right inferior limb. We suggest that cellulitis may be associated with Sweet's syndrome, a rare association in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Celeste
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brito
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D020405:Dermis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*