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Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Sweet's syndrome characterized by fever, blood neutrophilia and inflammatory skin lesions, is rarely diagnosed in children. It presents in three clinical settings: classical Sweet's syndrome, usually after a respiratory tract infection; malignancy-associated, frequently relat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20727148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-281 |
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author | Makis, Alexandros Stavrou, Stavros Chaliasos, Nikolaos Zioga, Aikaterini Vlahos, Antonios P Gaitanis, Georgios Siamopoulou, Antigone Bassukas, Ioannis D |
author_facet | Makis, Alexandros Stavrou, Stavros Chaliasos, Nikolaos Zioga, Aikaterini Vlahos, Antonios P Gaitanis, Georgios Siamopoulou, Antigone Bassukas, Ioannis D |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Sweet's syndrome characterized by fever, blood neutrophilia and inflammatory skin lesions, is rarely diagnosed in children. It presents in three clinical settings: classical Sweet's syndrome, usually after a respiratory tract infection; malignancy-associated, frequently related to acute myelogeneous leukemia; and drug-induced. We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of a rotavirus -infection-related Sweet's syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION: An 18-month-old boy of Hellenic origin was referred to us with diarrhea, fever, neutrophilia, typical skin lesions, asymmetrical hip arthritis and oropharyngeal involvement. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Thorough screening did not reveal any underlying systemic illness, except for the confirmation of an overt rotavirus infection. The syndrome responded promptly upon corticosteroid administration; no recurrence was observed. CONCLUSION: Besides describing the connection of Sweet's syndrome to a rotavirus infection, this case report is also a reminder that in a child presenting with a febrile papulo-nodular rash with neutrophilia Sweet's syndrome should be included in the differential. |
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spelling | pubmed-29336352010-09-07 Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report Makis, Alexandros Stavrou, Stavros Chaliasos, Nikolaos Zioga, Aikaterini Vlahos, Antonios P Gaitanis, Georgios Siamopoulou, Antigone Bassukas, Ioannis D J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Sweet's syndrome characterized by fever, blood neutrophilia and inflammatory skin lesions, is rarely diagnosed in children. It presents in three clinical settings: classical Sweet's syndrome, usually after a respiratory tract infection; malignancy-associated, frequently related to acute myelogeneous leukemia; and drug-induced. We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of a rotavirus -infection-related Sweet's syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION: An 18-month-old boy of Hellenic origin was referred to us with diarrhea, fever, neutrophilia, typical skin lesions, asymmetrical hip arthritis and oropharyngeal involvement. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Thorough screening did not reveal any underlying systemic illness, except for the confirmation of an overt rotavirus infection. The syndrome responded promptly upon corticosteroid administration; no recurrence was observed. CONCLUSION: Besides describing the connection of Sweet's syndrome to a rotavirus infection, this case report is also a reminder that in a child presenting with a febrile papulo-nodular rash with neutrophilia Sweet's syndrome should be included in the differential. BioMed Central 2010-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2933635/ /pubmed/20727148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-281 Text en Copyright ©2010 Makis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Makis, Alexandros Stavrou, Stavros Chaliasos, Nikolaos Zioga, Aikaterini Vlahos, Antonios P Gaitanis, Georgios Siamopoulou, Antigone Bassukas, Ioannis D Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
title | Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
title_full | Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
title_fullStr | Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
title_short | Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
title_sort | acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (sweet's syndrome) in a child, associated with a rotavirus infection: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20727148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-281 |
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