Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Sweet's syndrome is an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis which usually presents as an idiopathic disorder but can also be drug induced, associated with hematopoetic malignancies and myelodysplastic disorders, and more, infrequently, observed in autoimmune disorders. Sweet's syndrome ha...

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Main Authors: J. L. Barton, L. Pincus, J. Yazdany, N. Richman, T. H. McCalmont, L. Gensler, M. Dall'Era, K. H. Fye
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/242681
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author J. L. Barton
L. Pincus
J. Yazdany
N. Richman
T. H. McCalmont
L. Gensler
M. Dall'Era
K. H. Fye
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L. Pincus
J. Yazdany
N. Richman
T. H. McCalmont
L. Gensler
M. Dall'Era
K. H. Fye
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description Sweet's syndrome is an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis which usually presents as an idiopathic disorder but can also be drug induced, associated with hematopoetic malignancies and myelodysplastic disorders, and more, infrequently, observed in autoimmune disorders. Sweet's syndrome has been reported in three cases of neonatal lupus, three cases of hydralazine-induced lupus in adults, and in nine pediatric and adult systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. We describe three additional adult cases of Sweet's associated with SLE and provide a focused review on nondrug-induced, nonneonatal SLE and Sweet's. In two of three new cases, as in the majority of prior cases, the skin rash of Sweet's paralleled underlying SLE disease activity. The pathogenesis of Sweet's remains elusive, but evidence suggests that cytokine dysregulation may be central to the clinical and pathological changes in this condition, as well as in SLE. Further research is needed to define the exact relationship between the two conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-05ddf84fdabe4c178118d80fb41d07462025-08-20T03:54:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972011-01-01201110.1155/2011/242681242681Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus ErythematosusJ. L. Barton0L. Pincus1J. Yazdany2N. Richman3T. H. McCalmont4L. Gensler5M. Dall'Era6K. H. Fye7Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USASweet's syndrome is an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis which usually presents as an idiopathic disorder but can also be drug induced, associated with hematopoetic malignancies and myelodysplastic disorders, and more, infrequently, observed in autoimmune disorders. Sweet's syndrome has been reported in three cases of neonatal lupus, three cases of hydralazine-induced lupus in adults, and in nine pediatric and adult systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. We describe three additional adult cases of Sweet's associated with SLE and provide a focused review on nondrug-induced, nonneonatal SLE and Sweet's. In two of three new cases, as in the majority of prior cases, the skin rash of Sweet's paralleled underlying SLE disease activity. The pathogenesis of Sweet's remains elusive, but evidence suggests that cytokine dysregulation may be central to the clinical and pathological changes in this condition, as well as in SLE. Further research is needed to define the exact relationship between the two conditions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/242681
spellingShingle J. L. Barton
L. Pincus
J. Yazdany
N. Richman
T. H. McCalmont
L. Gensler
M. Dall'Era
K. H. Fye
Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Case Reports in Rheumatology
title Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_fullStr Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_short Association of Sweet's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_sort association of sweet s syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/242681
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