Facial sweet syndrome mimicking photoallergic contact dermatitis

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Johannemann, Diana ^a,b   Brunner, Martina ^a   Zouboulis, Christos C ^a  

^a DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; Neutrophilic granulocytes; Photo aggravated drug reaction; Photoallergic contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE PLUS POLIDOCANOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; METROCREME; METRONIDAZOLE; POLIDOCANOL; PREDNICARBATE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PHOTOALLERGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SWEET SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549125241     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2009.07044.x     Document Type: Article

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