Pediatric sweet syndrome: A rare cause of fever of unknown origin

Özlem Özgür Gündeşlioğlu¹, Necdet Kuyucu², Ferah Tuncel Daloğlu³, İclal Gürses³
¹Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Enfeksiyon Bilim Dalı
²Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi,çocuk Enfeksiyon Bilim Dalı
³Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı

Sweet syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is characterized by fever, elevated neutrophil count, painful erythematous cutaneous lesions that have an infiltrate of mature neutrophils typically located in the upper dermis. In general, it is associated with infections, malignancy and drugs. Sweet syndrome is rarely seen in pediatric patients. In this report, we present a child who was diagnosed with sweet syndrome because of a rare disease in children with unknown etiology of fever.

Keywords: Fever, fever of unknown origin, Children, Sweet syndrome

Özlem Özgür Gündeşlioğlu, Necdet Kuyucu, Ferah Tuncel Daloğlu, İclal Gürses. Pediatric sweet syndrome: A rare cause of fever of unknown origin. Eastern J Med. 2019; 24(3): 390-392

Sorumlu Yazar: Özlem Özgür Gündeşlioğlu, Türkiye

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