Sweet’s Syndrome and Active Retinal Vasculytis: A Case Report

Abstract Sweet’s syndrome is an uncommon skin disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by fever and painful skin lesions along with marked leucocytosis and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Women between 30 and 50 years of age are at risk. The most common ocular involvement is conjunctivit...

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Published inTNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 252 - 254
Main Authors Das, Sujit, Balasubramanian, Pradeep
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 01.06.2024
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acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis
dermatosis
sweet’s syndrome
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Summary:Abstract Sweet’s syndrome is an uncommon skin disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by fever and painful skin lesions along with marked leucocytosis and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Women between 30 and 50 years of age are at risk. The most common ocular involvement is conjunctivitis and episcleritis. Here, we present a 39-year-old lady with Sweet’s syndrome who presented with active retinal vasculitis and had dramatic improvement with systemic corticosteroids.
ISSN:2589-4528
2589-4528
DOI:10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_6_24