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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Sweet's syndrome
Etiology, pathogenesis
  • frequent association with malignancy (AML and others), solid malignancies, colitis ulcerosa and others
Clinical signs
  • persons in middle age
  • lasts weeks, sometimes even longer
  • affects upper extremities, head, neck
  • papules, plaques, edema
Histology

Edema of papillary dermis, widespread infiltrates composed of neutrophils; malignant cells sometimes present as well (and lymphocytes, eosinophils sometimes).

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Sweet's syndrome: Sweet's syndrome, HE 10x (401) Sweet's syndrome, HE 20x (402) Sweet's syndrome, HE 20x (611) Sweet's syndrome, HE 40x (403) Sweet's syndrome, HE 40x (404) Sweet's syndrome, HE 40x (405)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 2.5x (1704) Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 10x (1702) Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (1703) Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 40x (1706) Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 40x (1705)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 40x (2332)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 40x (4038)

Another case: Sydrome of Sweet, HE 40x (5948)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (4611) Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (4612)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (4613)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (4614)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 40x (12634)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 40x (12945)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 60x (13257)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (4615)

Another case: Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (syndrome of Sweet), HE 20x (5006)