Sweet syndrome

Definition

A rare inflammatory disease characterized by abrupt appearance of painful, edematous and erythematous papules, plaques and nodules on the skin, and frequently accompanied by fever and neutrophilia with a dense infiltration of mature neutrophils that are typically located in the upper dermis. The disease is classically associated with inflammatory disease, pregnancy, infection (mostly of the upper respiratory tract), or vaccination but may be idiopathic, associated with a hematological or visceral malignancy, or drug-induced.