Sweet's Syndrome Arising in a Scar

Casey M Chern; Michael Royer; Winston Turnage

doi:10.1159/000477456

Sweet's Syndrome Arising in a Scar

Case Rep Dermatol. 2017 Jul 13;9(2):86-90. doi: 10.1159/000477456. eCollection 2017 May-Aug.

Authors

Casey M Chern¹, Michael Royer², Winston Turnage³

Affiliations

¹ WRNMMC Dermatology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² WRNMMC Pathology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
³ Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Abstract

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) is an uncommon inflammatory cutaneous disorder. It presents with lesions which are tender, erythematous, edematous papules and under histologic examination show dense neutrophilic infiltration of the dermis. These lesions are often accompanied by leukocytosis and fever. This paper reports a unique case of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis presenting as a Koebner response to a linear scar.

Keywords: Karyorrhexis; Koebnerization; Neutrophilic dermatosis; Sweet's syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports