An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis

Sweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is characterized by fever, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and abrupt appearance of painful erythematous nodules and plaques, particularly on the face, neck, and limbs. In this study, we report a very rare case of Sweet syndrome in which the patient...

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Main Authors:	Ahmet Burak Bilgin, Pınar Tavas, Elif Betul Turkoglu, Hatice Deniz Ilhan, Serap Toru, Kadri Cemil Apaydin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2015-02-01
Series:	Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:	Síndrome de Sweet/diagnóstico Esclerite Úlcera da córnea
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492015000100015&lng=en&tlng=en

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spelling	doaj-f144e339b9d0493bba84901d40fd570c2020-11-25T00:25:10ZengConselho Brasileiro de OftalmologiaArquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia1678-29252015-02-01781535510.5935/0004-2749.20150015S0004-27492015000100015An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritisAhmet Burak BilginPınar TavasElif Betul TurkogluHatice Deniz IlhanSerap ToruKadri Cemil ApaydinSweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is characterized by fever, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and abrupt appearance of painful erythematous nodules and plaques, particularly on the face, neck, and limbs. In this study, we report a very rare case of Sweet syndrome in which the patient presented nodular scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis during the dermatologically inactive period of the disease.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492015000100015&lng=en&tlng=enSíndrome de Sweet/diagnósticoEscleriteÚlcera da córnea
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author	Ahmet Burak Bilgin Pınar Tavas Elif Betul Turkoglu Hatice Deniz Ilhan Serap Toru Kadri Cemil Apaydin
spellingShingle	Ahmet Burak Bilgin Pınar Tavas Elif Betul Turkoglu Hatice Deniz Ilhan Serap Toru Kadri Cemil Apaydin An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia Síndrome de Sweet/diagnóstico Esclerite Úlcera da córnea
author_facet	Ahmet Burak Bilgin Pınar Tavas Elif Betul Turkoglu Hatice Deniz Ilhan Serap Toru Kadri Cemil Apaydin
author_sort	Ahmet Burak Bilgin
title	An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis
title_short	An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis
title_full	An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis
title_fullStr	An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis
title_full_unstemmed	An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis
title_sort	uncommon ocular manifestation of sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis
publisher	Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
series	Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
issn	1678-2925
publishDate	2015-02-01
description	Sweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is characterized by fever, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and abrupt appearance of painful erythematous nodules and plaques, particularly on the face, neck, and limbs. In this study, we report a very rare case of Sweet syndrome in which the patient presented nodular scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis during the dermatologically inactive period of the disease.
topic	Síndrome de Sweet/diagnóstico Esclerite Úlcera da córnea
url	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492015000100015&lng=en&tlng=en
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An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis

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