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Case Reports
. 2025 Jun 16:62:127-130.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2025.05.029. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Nontuberculous scrofuloderma with sweet syndrome leading to anti-interferon-γ autoantibody-associated adult-onset immunodeficiency: A case report

Nutpeera Nutthapan  1
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Nontuberculous scrofuloderma with sweet syndrome leading to anti-interferon-γ autoantibody-associated adult-onset immunodeficiency: A case report

Nutpeera Nutthapan. JAAD Case Rep. .
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Keywords: Mycobacterium abscessus; Sweet syndrome; anti-interferon-γ autoantibody-associated adult-onset immunodeficiency; immunodeficiency syndrome; nontuberculous scrofuloderma.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
Clinical images. (A, B) Ill-defined, indurated, edematous, erythematous plaque with small pustules and sinus tracts on the right side of the neck. (C, D) Multiple erythematous papules and nodules on both hands.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Histopathology from the lesion on the neck. (A, B) Tuberculoid granuloma with ulcerated epidermis and pustule. Histopathology from the lesion on the hand. (C, D) Diffuse neutrophilic infiltration in the upper dermis without vasculitis (original magnification, hematoxylin and eosin. A, ×40; B, ×100; C, ×40; D, ×100).
Fig 3
Fig 3
A and B, Clinical images of the improved lesion on the neck.
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