Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis

We would like to report a case involving a 38-year-old woman who presented with knee and ankle swellings 2 weeks prior to admission. There were also multiple painful oral ulcers and a few skin sores on the wrist. She also had associated diarrhoea for 2 weeks. There ware also marked loss of weight (6...

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Main Authors: Abdullah , Sheikh Anwar, Hishamuddin, Aizan, Jaafar, Khairul Azhar, Amri J., Shamsul, Razlan, Hamizah, Mohamed Said, Mohd Shahrir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2009
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/12862/5/sweet%27s_syndrome_in.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12862/
http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.01.2009.1438.abstract
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Summary:We would like to report a case involving a 38-year-old woman who presented with knee and ankle swellings 2 weeks prior to admission. There were also multiple painful oral ulcers and a few skin sores on the wrist. She also had associated diarrhoea for 2 weeks. There ware also marked loss of weight (6kg in 2 weeks). Colonoscopy examination showed macroscopic and histopathological findings of Crohn's disease; however, skin histology showed extensive neutrophilic infiltration in the dermis, predominantly in the perivascular region. Her final diagnosis was sweet's syndrome with crohn's disease.