Acute postoperative dermatosis at the site of the electrocautery pad: Sweet diagnosis of a burning issue

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-209

  Schwarz, Roderich E ^a   Quinn, Marion A ^b   Molina, Arturo ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Co/Univ of S C M C   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; Electrocautery pad; Postoperative complications; Sweet's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

EID: 0034006322     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050046     Document Type: Article

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