The Sweet syndrome in children

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet’s syndrome) in childhood and adolescence: two new patients and review of the literature on associated diseases

“…Twentyseven (42%) patients were categorized in the group "classic/idiopathic Sweet's syndrome". Thirteen (21%) of these presented without associated diseases (detailed data not shown [3,6,19,20,24,25,32,34,51,53,59]) and 14 patients (22%) were reported with transient diseases, mostly respiratory tract infections or otitis media [12,13,15,26,27,29,36,39,41,44,47,55]. These patients were not included in the detailed analysis and are not shown in Tables 2 and 3.…”

Sweet syndrome in early childhood

“…The syndrome is very rare in children, with reports of only seven paediatric patients [6,[9][10][11]14]. We report a case of Sweet syndrome in early childhood, in whom skin lesions dominated the clinical picture, and emphasize the importance of skin biopsy in providing the definitive diagnosis.…”

Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Annular Lichenoid Plaques on the Scrotum

“…Annular syphilids are uncommon; they are more frequently seen in children and black patients during the late secondary stage, 5 often located on the cheeks and close to the angles of the mouth, and consist of peripheral erythematous papules with central hyperpigmentation. 6,7 Fairly erythematous plaques on the penis, genitals, or hands, which later become scaly and hyperpigmented and resemble the fixed drug eruption, are features of secondary syphilis. 8 Our patients had annular lichenoid plaques only on the scrotum and penis.…”