A case of classical Sweet's syndrome

Abstract

Sweets syndrome is an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis characterised by neutrophilic vascular reaction, which may be idiopathic or associated with a systemic cause. It has a female preponderance and it manifests as fever, peripheral neutrophilic leucocytosis, painful erythematous skin lesions papules, plaques or nodules, with characteristic histology of dense neutrophilic infiltrate without evidence of vasculitis. We report this case of a 38 yr old female who presented with characteristic clinical features and laboratory criteria fulfilling the diagnosis of sweets syndrome. The diagnosis was confirmed with histopathological examination. The patient responded well to systemic corticosteroids.