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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Not so sweet; severe Sweet's syndrome presenting as SIRS and pleural effusion
Kandy M. Niyas Vettakkara, Sayantan Banerjee, Ankit Mittal, Pawan Goel, Prabhat Kumar, Upendra Baitha, Pankaj Jorwal, Manish Soneja, Ashutosh Biswas
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Manish Soneja
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 129
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_289_18
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Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) is a rare inflammatory condition which presents as abrupt onset of painful erythematous plaques or nodules, often associated with fever and leucocytosis. Many extracutaneous manifestations are described in literature, but pulmonary manifestations and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) are rare. Here we report a case of a 35-year-old male who presented with SIRS and pleural effusion. The presence of vesiculobullous and pustular skin lesions raised the suspicion of Sweet's syndrome and it was confirmed by skin biopsy. Initiation of systemic glucocorticoids lead to complete resolution of symptoms.
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