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Bullous Sweet Syndrome Associated With an Aseptic Splenic Abscess

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Sweet syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by fever and painful erythematous plaques containing dense dermal neutrophilic infiltrates. Extracutaneous manifestations include alveolitis, sterile osteomyelitis, and arthritis. We present a patient with a bullous presentation of Sweet syndrome who developed an aseptic splenic abscess.


 

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