<prompt> False statement for sweet syndrome : PGI Nov 2009May be associated with high feverNeutophilia not presentMay be associated with haematological malignancyPseudovesiculation present  <response>: Ans: B Neutophilia not present Erythematous, tender, papuio-nodulo-plaques and targetoid lesions with pseudovesiculationQ is present in sweet syndrome- Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis Sweets syndrome Harrison 19th366,487, Uth333Sweets syndrome is characterized by red to red-brown piaques and nodules that are frequently painful and occur primarily on the head, neck, and upper extremities.The patients also have fever neutrophiliaQ, and a dense dermal infiltrate of neutrophils in the lesions.In -10 of the patients there is an associated mahgnancy. most commonly acute myelogenous leukemiaC. Sweets syndrome has also been reported with lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, and solid tumors primarily of the genitourinary tract as well as drugs e.g., aU-trans- retinoic acid.The differential diagnosis includes neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis and atypical forms ofpyoderma gangrenosum.Extracutaneous sites of involvement include joints, muscles, eye, kidney proteinuria, occasionally glomerulonephritis, and lung neutrophilic infiltrates.The idiopathic form of Sweets syndrome is seen more often in women, following a respiratory tract infection. 