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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep 30;1(1):12-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2014.09.005. eCollection 2015 Jan.

Sweet heart: A case of pregnancy-associated acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis with myopericarditis

Wesley Yung-Hsu Yu  1 , Erica Manrriquez  1 , Tina Bhutani  2 , R Krishna Chaganti  3 , Beth S Ruben  4 , Brian S Schwartz  5 , Lindy P Fox  2
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Sweet heart: A case of pregnancy-associated acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis with myopericarditis

Wesley Yung-Hsu Yu et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Sweet Syndrome; medical dermatology; pregnancy dermatoses; tamponade.

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Fig 1
Erythematous deep-seated papules were scattered over the patient's face, arms, chest, and hands. Note involvement of the eyelids and solitary pustules surmounting papules.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Histopathologic features. A punch biopsy of the right forearm shows a dense diffuse superficial and deep infiltrate with an intraepidermal pustule and marked subepidermal edema, bordering on vesiculation, with leukocytoclasis evident in the edematous papillary dermis. (Original magnification: ×200.)
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