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.
Also Known As:
Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis; Gomm Button Disease; Gomm-Button Disease; Disease, Gomm Button; Disease, Gomm-Button; Sweets Syndrome; Syndrome, Sweet; Syndrome, Sweet's; Dermatosis, Neutrophilic, Febrile, Acute; Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute Febrile; Sweet's Syndrome