Multiple painful plaques and the Sweet's syndrome.
We present a rare case of Sweet's syndrome. A 39-year-old woman with subjective fevers, polyarthralgia, and malaise presented with worsening painful erythematous plaques on the trunk, arms, and legs. Further examination with biopsy revealed a diagnosis of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, or Sw...
| Publicado en: | Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 73 - 76 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2022
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