Scleritis associated with acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome)
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: Editor,—Sweet’s syndrome, or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is characterised by (1) fever, (2) neutrophilic leucocytosis, (3) the abrupt appearance of 0.5–12.0 cm painful erythematous nodules and plaques, especially on the face, neck, and limbs, and (4) a histological pattern of dense dermal infiltrates of mature neutrophils without vasculitis.1 2 Patients are usually middle aged women and may have extracutaneous manifestations involving the eyes, kidneys, joints, liver, and lungs. Sweet’s syndrome is associated with underlying malignancy, especially haematological, in 10% to 54% of patients2 3 and with systemic inflammatory disorders. There may be a prodromal respiratory illness and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).
Ocular involvement is reported in 4% to 72% of cases and may manifest as conjunctivitis, episcleritis, subconjunctival haemorrhage, inflammatory glaucoma, iritis, or limbal nodules.3-6 We describe a case of a patient with Sweet’s syndrome and scleritis.
### CASE REPORT
A 78 year old white man presented to his ophthalmologist with …
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology
Authors: T. C CHEN, D. A GOLDSTEIN, H. H TESSLER, J. P QUINN, C. M BAUTISTA
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2009750831