An Unusual Association between Sweet's Syndrome and Metastatic Papillary Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.
- Author:
Sunit JARIWALA
1
;
Ariel BENSON
;
Payal PATEL
;
Adam FRIEDMAN
;
Kameelah BROADWAY
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Carcinoma; Skin disease; Sweet syndrome; Thyroid gland
- MeSH: Adenocarcinoma, Follicular; Dermis; Exanthema; Fever; Hand; Humans; Immune System Diseases; Leukocyte Disorders; Leukocytosis; Neutrophils; Pharyngitis; Skin Diseases; Sweet Syndrome; Thyroid Gland
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2013;25(1):84-87
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Sweet's syndrome (SS), or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is marked by fever, leukocytosis, and painful erythematous papules/plaques resulting from neutrophil migration and accumulation in the dermis. This condition has been associated with underlying hematologic as well as solid malignancies. We describe a unique case of SS in a patient with metastatic papillary follicular thyroid carcinoma and group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The distribution of the patient's SS rash was similar to the rash of neutrophilic dermatosis (pustular vasculitis) of the dorsal hands.
