Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Sweet Syndrome - DermAtlas

Contributor

Alison Rhein, MD

Diagnosis

acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis Sweet syndrome

Body Site

forearm arm

Age

50 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This healthy middle aged man developed tender purple well dematcated nodules and plaques with necrotic cednters on his forearms and fingers. A skin biopsy showed an intense dermal neutrophilic infiltrate typical of Sweet syndrome. An exhaustive evaluation for malignancy revealed no underlying medical disorder, and the plaques healed without treatment.

Description

tender 1-5 cm diameter purple plaques many with necrotic centers

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3/14/2002 21:27:31

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