Sweet’s syndrome and mucosal prolapse polyps in a male patient with ulcerative colitis

Background Sweet’s syndrome (SS), also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a rare neutrophilic dermatitis characterized by pyrexia, neutrophilia and painful papulonodular lesions with a neutrophilic dermal infiltrate. Case presentation We presented a case report of classical SS associated with ulcerative colitis (UC) and mucosal prolapse polyps (MPPs) in a male patient. Conclusions The particularity of this case is the occurrence of MPPs in a male patient with UC and classical SS. We also discussed whether this patient with concurrent Epstein–Barr virus infection could be treated with corticosteroids..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

BMC gastroenterology - 21(2021), 1 vom: 16. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Xixian [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Si [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jialong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Xianyan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Classical Sweet’s syndrome
Corticosteroids
Mucosal prolapse polyps
Ulcerative colitis

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© The Author(s) 2021

doi:

10.1186/s12876-021-02052-5

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OLC2128809703