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  • Title: Sweet's syndrome in a severely neutropenic patient during therapy with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
    Author: Chao SC, Lee JY, Tsao CJ.
    Journal: J Formos Med Assoc; 1997 Apr; 96(4):276-9. PubMed ID: 9136515.
    Abstract:
    We report a new case of Sweet's syndrome (SS) associated with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) therapy in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The patient developed a fever in association with multiple tender, purpuric and pustular skin lesions and swelling of both calves after receiving rHuG-CSF 3 micrograms/kg/d for 4 days. The absolute neutrophil count was 0.55 x 10(9)/L at onset. A skin biopsy revealed a dense neutrophilic infiltration in the dermis without evidence of vasculitis or infection. All skin and calf lesions regressed within 1 week after prednisolone therapy. Physicians should be aware of potential neutrophil-mediated dermatoses in patients with severe neutropenia on rHuG-CSF treatment.
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