Sweet-like reaction due to arthropod bites: A histopathologic pitfall

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 442-445

  Battistella, Maxime ^a,b,c   Bourrat, Emmanuelle ^a   Fardet, Laurence ^a   Saada, Véronique ^a   Janin, Anne ^a,b,c   Vignon Pennamen, Marie Dominique ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

arthropod; insect bite; neutrophilic dermatosis; Sweet syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; INSECTICIDE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BITE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN NODULE; THIGH; TRUNK; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHROPODS; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; SWEET SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861826748     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182313509     Document Type: Article

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