PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christina Raissa I Francisco
AU  - Perpetua C Patal
AU  - Eileen A Cubillan
AU  - Iris Thiele Isip-Tan
TI  - Sweet’s syndrome associated with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
AID  - 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3921
DP  - 2010 Dec 31
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr0220113921
VI  - 2011
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.02.2011.3921.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.02.2011.3921.full
AB  - Sweet’s syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is characterised by the abrupt onset of painful erythematous plaques or nodules, pyrexia (>38°F) and histopathologic evidence of a dense neutrophilic infiltrate without vasculitis. It has been reported in association with many diseases, however, its association with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is rare. A 47-year-old Filipino woman with a 30-year history of an asymptomatic anterior neck mass developed painful, erythematous annular plaques on her arms with associated fever. Skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Sweet’s syndrome. The anterior neck mass was confirmed to be Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. This is a rare association with only two reported cases in the literature. There are no published cases in the Philippines on Sweet’s syndrome and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis to date.