摘要
We report the case of a patient with atypical Sweets syndrome characterized by an annular erythema that showed consumption of elastic fibres by giant cells and histiocytes.Although the lesions were found on sunexposed sites and the first biopsy demonstrated extensive elastophagocytosis, our patient did not have photodamaged skin clinically.A repeat biopsy 5 weeks later demonstrated an abundant collection of neutrophils supporting the diagnosis of Sweets syndrome.To our knowledge, an elastolytic granulomatous reaction pattern has not been previously reported in Sweets syndrome.
We report the case of a patient with atypical Sweets syndrome characterized by an annular erythema that showed consumption of elastic fibres by giant cells and histiocytes.Although the lesions were found on sunexposed sites and the first biopsy demonstrated extensive elastophagocytosis, our patient did not have photodamaged skin clinically.A repeat biopsy 5 weeks later demonstrated an abundant collection of neutrophils supporting the diagnosis of Sweets syndrome.To our knowledge, an elastolytic granulomatous reaction pattern has not been previously reported in Sweets syndrome.