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Case Reports
. 2004 Nov;95(2):396-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.06.050.

A rare association of Sweet's syndrome with cervical cancer

L Culp  1 , S Crowder, S Hatch
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Case Reports

A rare association of Sweet's syndrome with cervical cancer

L Culp et al. Gynecol Oncol. 2004 Nov.

Abstract

Background: Approximately 10-20% of patients with Sweet's syndrome have an associated malignancy. To our knowledge, Sweet's syndrome has been reported in cervical cancer in only three other patients.

Case: We report a case of a 44-year-old female diagnosed with cervical cancer (FIGO IIIB), treated with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Approximately 5 months after completing treatment, she presented with nausea, vomiting, and bullous pustular lesions on the hand. She was found to have a small bowel obstruction due to recurrence of her cervical cancer, and a biopsy of the skin lesion showed a marked dermal neutrophilic infiltrate consistent with Sweet's syndrome.

Conclusion: We report a case of Sweet's syndrome associated with cervical cancer, which is a rare finding.

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