Sweet Syndrome, Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Neutrophilic Dermatosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Sweet syndrome acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis neutrophilic dermatosis

Body Site

arm

Age

68 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

discrete confluent

Color

purple

Morphology

papule

Pattern

generalized, disseminated symmetric

Comments

This 68-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia and pancytopenia from intensive chemotherapy developed a widespread itchy painful purpuric papules, plaques some with hemorrpagic bullae on his chest, abdomen, back, and arms. The bullae were most prominent on his forearms. A skin biopsy demonstrated diffuse neutrophiliic infiltration of the dermis with hemorrhage and bulla formation.

Description

diffuse red papules, plaques, and confluent plaques with hemorrhagic bullae

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5/15/2006 8:34:40

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