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In [[medicine]], '''Sweet's Syndrome''' is a "condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by [[fever]] and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles [[erythema multiforme]]. Sweet's syndrome may herald the appearance of [[leukemia]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]], '''Sweet's Syndrome''' is a "condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by [[fever]] and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles [[erythema multiforme]]. Sweet's syndrome may herald the appearance of [[leukemia]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Up to half of patients have underlying malignancy.<ref name="pmid7861810">{{cite journal |author=Fett DL, Gibson LE, Su WP |title=Sweet's syndrome: systemic signs and symptoms and associated disorders |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=234–40 |year=1995 |month=March |pmid=7861810 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> | |||
Sweet's Syndrome may be life threatening.<ref name="pmid10991744">{{cite journal |author=Naz E, Ruano M, Vidaurrázaga C, ''et al'' |title=Sweets syndrome as a life-threatening dermatosis |journal=Am. J. Med. |volume=109 |issue=1 |pages=73–4 |year=2000 |month=July |pmid=10991744 |doi=10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00368-5 |url= |issn=}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:26, 10 September 2008
In medicine, Sweet's Syndrome is a "condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles erythema multiforme. Sweet's syndrome may herald the appearance of leukemia."[1]
Up to half of patients have underlying malignancy.[2]
Sweet's Syndrome may be life threatening.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Sweet's Syndrome (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Fett DL, Gibson LE, Su WP (March 1995). "Sweet's syndrome: systemic signs and symptoms and associated disorders". Mayo Clin. Proc. 70 (3): 234–40. PMID 7861810. [e]
- ↑ Naz E, Ruano M, Vidaurrázaga C, et al (July 2000). "Sweets syndrome as a life-threatening dermatosis". Am. J. Med. 109 (1): 73–4. DOI:10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00368-5. PMID 10991744. Research Blogging.