Sweet Syndrome in childhood

An Bras Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;90(4):567-9. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153247.

Abstract

Sweet syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is a recurrent and rare skin disease caused by the release of cytokines, with diverse possible etiologic causes. It presents clinically with polymorphic skin lesions, fever, arthralgia, and peripheral leukocytosis. In general, it is associated with infections, malignancy and drugs. It usually regresses spontaneously and treatment is primarily to control the basic disease. The authors report the case of a child of 1 year and 11 months who developed Sweet syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Fever / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Rare Diseases
  • Skin / pathology
  • Sweet Syndrome / complications
  • Sweet Syndrome / pathology*