A case of sweet syndrome with spleen and lymph node involvement preceded by parvovirus B19 infection, and a review of the literature on extracutaneous sweet syndrome

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 621-627

  Fortna, Ryan R ^a   Toporcer, Mary ^a   Elder, David E ^b   Junkins Hopkins, Jacqueline M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; asepticabcesses; extracutaneous Sweet syndrome; neutrophilic dermatoses; parvovirus B19; Sweet syndrome

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SWEET SYNDROME;

EID: 77955175285     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181ce5933     Document Type: Article

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