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Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis: Sweet's syndrome.

Herman Chmel, +1 more
- 01 Nov 1978 - 
- Vol. 71, Iss: 11, pp 1350-1352
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A case of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) is described in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia, with a review of all published reports in the English literature.
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:A case of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) is described in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia, with a review of all published reports in the English literature. The disease is characterized by an acute febrile illness with painful plaques involving the extre

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Sweet's syndrome – a comprehensive review of an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

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Malignancy-associated Sweet's syndrome: review of the world literature.

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Neutrophilic dermatosis of myeloproliferative disorders: Atypical forms of pyoderma gangrenosum and Sweet's syndrome associated with myeloproliferative disorders

TL;DR: The current case and review support the thesis that these dermatoses, when associated with myeloproliferative disorders, represent points on a continuum of noninfectious, nonmetastatic, inflammatory neutrophilic dermatoses that may occur in patients with derangements in myeloid cell proliferation.
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