Enteritis-associated Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis with Acute Monoarthritis

Febrile neutrofilic dermatosis is an uncommon entity with complex pathophysiology, usually secondary to an infection, a malignancy or an autoimmune disease. Extracutaneous manifestations of the disease are very rare as well. We report a patient with histologically confirmed acute febrile neutrophili...

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Main Authors: Papadatos Stamatis S., Zissis Christos, Deligiannis Georgios, Mylonas Stefanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-12-01
Series:Folia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.59.issue-4/folmed-2017-0057/folmed-2017-0057.xml?format=INT
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Summary:Febrile neutrofilic dermatosis is an uncommon entity with complex pathophysiology, usually secondary to an infection, a malignancy or an autoimmune disease. Extracutaneous manifestations of the disease are very rare as well. We report a patient with histologically confirmed acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis caused by viral enteritis that was presented with painful rash along with acute monoarthritis and treated with oral corticosteroids.
ISSN:1314-2143