Radiation therapy-induced neuro-Sweet disease in a patient with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Arabella Wallett; Kate Newland; Erwin Foster-Smith

doi:10.1111/ajd.12442

Radiation therapy-induced neuro-Sweet disease in a patient with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Australas J Dermatol. 2017 May;58(2):e51-e53. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12442. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

Authors

Arabella Wallett¹, Kate Newland¹, Erwin Foster-Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 26821310
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.12442

Abstract

Neurological involvement is a rare extracutanenous manifestation of Sweet's syndrome. We present a novel case of radiation therapy-induced neuro-Sweet disease in a patient receiving treatment for an oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Keywords: Sweet's syndrome; neuro-Sweet disease; oral cancer; radiation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy*
Consciousness Disorders / etiology*
Female
Humans
Mouth Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Radiodermatitis / etiology*
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Sweet Syndrome / etiology*