Ocular involvement in a patient with Sweet syndrome: report of a case and review of the literature.

Ocular involvement in a patient with Sweet syndrome: report of a case and review of the literature. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2020 Jul 08;: Authors: Guzmán-Almagro E, Fernández-Hortelano A, Díaz-Menéndez A, González-Martín-Moro J Abstract The case presented is a 66-year-old woman who attended the emergency department due to skin lesions on the limbs, facial oedema, and eye redness accompanied by haemorrhagic conjunctivitis. The symptoms resolved after one week of systemic steroid treatment. Skin biopsy confirmed Sweet syndrome. Sweet syndrome is rare disorder and unknown by most ophthalmologists despite its frequent ophthalmological manifestations. Ocular involvement is present in one third of patients, with episcleritis and conjunctivitis being the most repeated. Pathology findings confirm the diagnosis which is also characterised by a rapid response to systemic corticosteroids. PMID: 32653312 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol Source Type: research