"Sweet Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Sweet syndrome is associated with LEUKEMIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D016463
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.229.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sweet Syndrome- Sweet Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sweet
- Dermatosis, Neutrophilic, Febrile, Acute
- Gomm-Button Disease
- Disease, Gomm-Button
- Sweet's Syndrome
- Sweets Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sweet's
- Gomm Button Disease
- Disease, Gomm Button
- Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis
- Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute Febrile
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sweet Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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What is your diagnosis? Sweet Syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis). Cutis. 2003 Nov; 72(5):353, 403-4.
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Long-term suppression of chronic Sweet's syndrome with colchicine. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2002 Aug; 47(2):323-4.