Chapter 12 - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)»Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)»Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] (L98.2)
L98.2
Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]
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Sweet Syndrome1 drug (1 experimental)
Condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Sweet syndrome is associated with LEUKEMIA.