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Guarneri C, Wollina U, Lotti T, Maximov GK, Lozev I, Gianfaldoni S, Pidakev I, Lotti J, Tchernev G. Sweet's Syndrome (SS) in the Course of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2018; 6:105-107. [PMID: 29483999 PMCID: PMC5816273 DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Firstly described by Robert Douglas Sweet in 1964, febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is a disabling, not only cutaneous disorder, clinically characterised by fever and painful erythematous nodules, with a typical background of neutrophilia. Sweet’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory reactive disorder of unknown cause and incompletely established pathogenesis, although an interplay between genetic and environmental factors, including infections, is likely to occur. A significant part of cases has been demonstrated to be linked with malignancies, especially in the hematologic setting. Because of the underlying disease and related therapeutic measures, SS may present atypical clinical course, whereas the response to treatment is strictly dependent on the concurrent hematologic disease. Herein we describe a case of a lady who had a refractory form of SS, resulted in a paraneoplastic cutaneous disease, and AML. Surprisingly, clinical remission of SS followed cytotoxic chemotherapy while hematologic disorder obtained a further complete response.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudio Guarneri
- Universita degli Studi di Messina Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Dermatology, Messina 98122, Italy
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- Städtisches Klinikum Dresden - Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
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- University G. Marconi of Rome - Dermatology and Venereology, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, Department of General, Vascular and Abdominal Surgery, General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- University G. Marconi of Rome - Dermatology and Venereology, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, University of Rome "G. Marconi", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.,Onkoderma, Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Arrigo T, Cutroneo PM, Vaccaro M, Impollonia D, Squadrito V, Mecchio A, Salpietro C, Altavilla D. Lateralized exanthem mimicking figurate inflammatory dermatosis of infancy after methimazole therapy. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2016; 29:707-711. [PMID: 27272160 DOI: 10.1177/0394632016652412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
We reported a case of an 11-year-old girl admitted to our hospital for goiter, tachycardia, sweating, and visible and palpable thyroid. Thyroid function tests revealed a low thyrotropin level (<0.004 mIU/L) and elevated free thyroxine level (3.4 ng/ dL) diagnosed with Graves' disease and treated with methimazole. This anti-thyroid drug is recommended as first-line treatment in children with Graves' disease because it produces minor adverse effects with respect to propylthiouracil. She developed a lateralized exanthem mimicking figurate inflammatory dermatosis of infancy after methimazole therapy. The symptoms resolved after discontinuation of methimazole and treatment with an antihistamine and a corticosteroid. Furthermore, the treatment was changed to propylthiouracil without any adverse effects. According to current literature this is the first case of cutaneous figurate erythema related to methimazole, different from other well-known reactions such as skin eruption or urticaria.
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- T Arrigo
- Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Developmental Evolutive Age, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Developmental Evolutive Age, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Developmental Evolutive Age, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Developmental Evolutive Age, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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