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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul-Aug;90(4):567-9.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153247.

Sweet Syndrome in childhood

Talita Batalha Pires dos Santos  1 , Barbara Cristina Gouveia Sales  2 , Marianne Sigres  2 , Fernando Rosman  2 , Ana Maria Mosca de Cerqueira  2
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Sweet Syndrome in childhood

Talita Batalha Pires dos Santos et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug.

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.

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Erythematous-violaceous plaques on right hemiface
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Erythematous-violaceous plaques on left hemiface
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Erythematous plaques on posterior surface of lower limbs with elevated borders and central ulceration (target aspect)
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100x - Perivascular neutrophilic nodular infi ltrates. Important edema of the papillary dermis
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400x- Perivascular neutrophilic nodular infi ltrates in middle and upper dermis
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