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A NEUTROPHILIC REACTION OF SWEET'S SYNDROME TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE
Author(s) -
Tefany Frances J.,
Georgouras Katherine
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1991.tb00684.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , sweet's syndrome
S ummary A case is presented of a Sweet's syndrome‐like eruption in association with the oral contraceptive. A 46 year old Caucasian woman developed recurrent episodes of erythematous tender plaques on her trunk six weeks after commencement of the oral contraceptive (OC). Her condition clinically and histologically resembled Sweet's dermatosis. On cessation of the OC there was complete resolution of her lesions and she remains well 12 months later. This is the first report, to our knowledge, of a neutrophilic reaction to the oral contraceptive, and we believe that drugs may be implicated in the aetiology of atypical neutrophilic reactions simulating Sweet's syndrome in patients who are otherwise well.