Sweet's syndrome: a retrospective study of 42 admitted patients in a Portuguese hospital

Abstract

The subgroup of patients with a previous oropharyngeal infection had a less severe form of this syndrome.

Sweet's syndrome: a retrospective study of 90 cases from a tertiary care center

“…Only a few authors have reported local trauma (10.0% of the current patients) as a triggering factor in SS, suggesting a Koebner phenomenon . In the current series, the onset of SS was found to have occurred in autumn or spring in 62.2% of patients, which is similar to the results reported by Borges da Costa (>70% of all cases) and von den Driesch . Variability in the incidence of SS over the year led Hommel et al .…”

“…Sweet's syndrome is the most common of the neutrophilic dermatoses and is characterized by the abrupt onset of cutaneous, systemic, and histopathological alterations in response to different stimuli . The disease is most frequent in women between the ages of 30 and 60 years . Extracutaneous manifestations and laboratory alterations are common.…”

“…Extracutaneous manifestations and laboratory alterations are common. Most series of SS are small, retrospective, and come from Europe or North America . The present paper assesses the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, histological, and therapeutic findings, as well as triggering factors and disorders associated with SS through a large, monocenter, retrospective study referring to the 20‐year period from 1993 to 2012.…”

Sweet syndrome: long-term follow-up of 138 patients

“…Several studies support a strong association with malignancies, and SS can be considered a cutaneous marker of internal neoplasia. However, only a few series analysing the clinical features of malignancy‐associated SS have been published in recent years, and long‐term follow‐up of patients with SS has not been performed in a large series of patients. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively review the clinical features of a series of patients with SS to specifically analyse the features associated with underlying malignancy and the possible development of haematological neoplasia after a diagnosis of SS.…”

Sweet's syndrome as a dermatological manifestation of underlying coronary artery disease

“…This study did not report any information pertaining to any of the above co-morbid conditions within the study population. Another retrospective study from Portugal [16] which included 42 patients demonstrated female predominance, but did not elucidate any demographic data on cardiovascular risk factors. At present, there is paucity of information in the existing literature regarding the prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with Sweet's syndrome.…”