Korean J Ophthalmol.  2017 Dec;31(6):570-571. 10.3341/kjo.2017.0084.

Blindness in Sweet's Syndrome

• Jang Y
• Jang K
• Kim N
• Khwarg SI
• Choung HK

• KMID: 2396709
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2017.0084

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Blindness*
Sweet Syndrome*

Figure

• 

  Fig. 1 (A) A 40-year-old patient with periocular swelling and severe conjunctival chemosis of the left eye. An erythematous plaque developed on his right cheek. (B) Fluorescein angiography revealed normal vascular perfusion. (C) Orbit magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an abnormal diffusion signal in the left optic nerve, suggesting acute ischemia (arrow). (D) Abnormal streaky enhancement in the left orbital preseptal area and retrobulbar space (arrow). Informed consent was received from the patient.

Reference

1. Sweet RD. An acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis. Br J Dermatol. 1964; 76:349–356.

2. Paydas S. Sweet's syndrome: a revisit for hematologists and oncologists. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2013; 86:85–95.

3. Anwar S, Hassan S, Fern AI, et al. Bilateral periocular swelling in Sweet's syndrome. Eye (Lond). 2004; 18:214.

4. Morgan KW, Callen JP. Sweet's syndrome in acute myelogenous leukemia presenting as periorbital cellulitis with an infiltrate of leukemic cells. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2001; 45:590–595.

5. Khatri ML, Taha M. Sweet's syndrome associated with myelodysplastic syndrome presenting as periorbital cellulitis. Int J Dermatol. 2007; 46:496–499.