TY - JOUR KW - Diagnosis, Differential KW - Erythema Nodosum KW - Fever KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Leukocytosis KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Neutrophils KW - Skin Diseases KW - Syndrome AU - Kou T T AU - Chan H L AB -

A male patient with underlying lepromatous leprosy mimicked Sweet's syndrome clinically. He was believed to be in an atypical reactional state recognized as a variant form of erythema nodosum leprosum. In addition to the antileprosy treatment, steroid hormone was required to control the systemic symptoms.

BT - International journal of dermatology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3679660?dopt=Abstract DA - 1987 Oct DO - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1987.tb02293.x IS - 8 J2 - Int. J. Dermatol. LA - eng N2 -

A male patient with underlying lepromatous leprosy mimicked Sweet's syndrome clinically. He was believed to be in an atypical reactional state recognized as a variant form of erythema nodosum leprosum. In addition to the antileprosy treatment, steroid hormone was required to control the systemic symptoms.

PY - 1987 SP - 518 EP - 20 T2 - International journal of dermatology TI - Severe reactional state in lepromatous leprosy simulating Sweet's syndrome. VL - 26 SN - 0011-9059 ER -