Abstract
Neutrophilic Dermatoses (ND) appeared in the medical literature in 1964, when RD Sweet coined this term to name a previously undescribed skin condition characterized by a non-infectious acute, febrile “cutaneous and systemic neutrophilic reaction” [1]. Sweet discussed the differential diagnosis in citing erythema multiforme, erythema elevatum diutinum and erythema nodosum. One of Sweet’s first eight patients had ulcerative colitis and some pustular, acneiform lesions, but pyoderma gangrenosum is only cited to be ruled out, because “the clinical picture was quite unlike”.
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Wallach, D. (2018). Neutrophilic Dermatoses: An Overview. In: Wallach, D., Vignon-Pennamen, MD., Valerio Marzano, A. (eds) Neutrophilic Dermatoses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72649-6_2
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