Necrotizing Sweet Syndrome of the Upper Extremity After Elective Hand Surgery.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Sweet syndrome, or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a systemic disease process mainly characterized by hyperpyrexia and skin lesions. A newly described entity, necrotizing Sweet syndrome, is a severe and locally aggressive dermatological condition that clinically and histopathologically resembles a necrotizing soft tissue infection. It is characterized by pathergy, a nonspecific inflammatory response to cutaneous trauma resulting in a propagation of the disease. In contrast to a necrotizing infection, this condition responds to systemic steroids. A high clinical suspicion is required in order to distinguish a necrotizing polymicrobial infection from noninfectious necrotizing Sweet syndrome. We present a case following elective hand surgery.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lipof, JS; Beck, LA; Reddy, SC; Southgate, RD; Carney-Young, K; Hammert, WC
Published Date
- April 2018
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 43 / 4
Start / End Page
- 389.e1 - 389.e6
PubMed ID
- 28935337
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1531-6564
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.08.019
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States