A Case of Neutrophilic Dermatosis of the Dorsal Hands.
- Author:
Hyoung Hun KIM
1
;
Deuk Pyo LEE
;
Ho Seok SUH
;
Mi Woo LEE
;
Jee Ho CHOI
;
Kee Chan MOON
;
Jai Kyoung KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center Collage of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neutrophilic dermatosis of the dorsal hands;
Pustular vasculitis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Blister;
Endocarditis, Bacterial;
Female;
Hand*;
Humans;
Hyperplasia;
Neutrophils*;
Skin;
Skin Diseases*;
Sweet Syndrome
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2003;41(10):1351-1353
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The lesions of neutrophilic dermatosis (pustular vasculitis) of the dorsal hands clinically resembled those of Sweet's syndrome and showed similar histologic evidence of a dense dermal neutrophilic infiltrate. We, herein, present a case of neutrophilic dermatosis of the dorsal hands in a 70-year-old woman with bacterial endocarditis. The patient presented with hemorrhagic pustular blisters on the dorsal hands. Histopathologic findings were pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, intraepidermal pustules, histiocytic infiltration and a few perivascular neutrophilic infiltrations. The skin lesion improved spontaneously.
