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Preferred term

Sweet Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Sweet syndrome is associated with LEUKEMIA.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis
  • Dermatosis, Neutrophilic, Febrile, Acute
  • Gomm Button Disease
  • Gomm-Button Disease
  • Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute Febrile
  • Sweet's Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Dermatose aiguë fébrile à neutrophile
  • Dermatose aigüe fébrile à neutrophile
  • Dermatose aiguë fébrile à neutrophiles
  • Dermatose aigüe fébrile à neutrophiles

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-T3JBV7LJ-5

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