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Descriptor English: Sweet Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Sweet
Descriptor síndrome de Sweet
Entry term(s) dermatosis neutrofílica febril aguda
Scope note: Afección que se caracteriza por placas grandes eritematosas, suaves, que se extienden rápidamente sobre la porción superior del cuerpo y que se acompañan de fiebre e infiltración dérmica de leucocitos neutrófilos. Ocurre fundamentalmente en mujeres de mediana edad, y a menudo va precedida de una infección del tracto respiratorio superior, y clínicamente recuerda al ERITEMA MULTIFORME. El síndrome de Sweet puede asociarse con LEUCEMIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Sweet
Descriptor French: Syndrome de Sweet
Entry term(s): Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis
Dermatosis, Neutrophilic, Febrile, Acute
Disease, Gomm Button
Disease, Gomm-Button
Gomm Button Disease
Gomm-Button Disease
Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute Febrile
Sweet's Syndrome
Sweets Syndrome
Syndrome, Sweet
Syndrome, Sweet's
Tree number(s): C17.800.229.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016463
Scope note: Condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Sweet syndrome is associated with LEUKEMIA.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Skin Diseases (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see SWEET'S SYNDROME 1992-2008
History Note: 2009 (1992)
DeCS ID: 29797
Unique ID: D016463
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/03
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Sweet Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0025149
Scope note Condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Sweet syndrome is associated with LEUKEMIA.
Preferred term Sweet Syndrome
Entry term(s) Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis
Dermatosis, Neutrophilic, Febrile, Acute
Disease, Gomm Button
Disease, Gomm-Button
Gomm Button Disease
Gomm-Button Disease
Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute Febrile
Sweet's Syndrome
Sweets Syndrome
Syndrome, Sweet
Syndrome, Sweet's



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