Sweet syndrome and erythema nodosum in a young patient with ulcerative colitis.
Sweet syndrome (SS) or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is a rare inflammatory skin condition presenting as an abrupt onset of painful erythematous plaques or nodules, fever, and neutrophilia with histopathology showing a dense neutrophilic infiltrate. Systemic corticosteroids are the gold stan...
| Published in: | Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 392 - 395 |
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| Format: | case study pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2023
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