This article has been peer reviewed and approved by Michael Fisher, MD, Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Review date: October 2009.
Drs. Klinger, Mathis, and Jackson report no conflict of interest. The authors report no discussion of off-label use. Dr. Fisher reports no conflict of interest. The staff of CCME of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cutis® have no conflicts of interest with commercial interest related directly or indirectly to this educational activity. Dr. Klinger is a dermatology resident, Dr. Mathis is a resident, and Dr. Jackson is Assistant Professor of Dermatology, all from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans.
Stephen Klinger, MD, MPH; Nicole Mathis, MD; Scott Jackson, MD
Sweet syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by fever and painful erythematous plaques containing dense dermal neutrophilic infiltrates. Extracutaneous manifestations include alveolitis, sterile osteomyelitis, and arthritis. We present a patient with a bullous presentation of Sweet syndrome who developed an aseptic splenic abscess.
