Sweet syndrome: A case report and review of the literature.

Sweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is a disorder of unknown etiology. It has been associated with autoimmune processes, malignancies, infections, drug reactions, and gastrointestinal disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. We describe the case of a 51-year-old man who presented with severe pain in his tongue and throat and referred pain in his right ear, along with odynophagia, fever, and hoarseness of 48 hours'duration.

Disseminated Trichosporon inkin and Histoplasma capsulatum in a patient with newly diagnosed AIDS.

Histoplasma capsulatum and Trichosporon inkin may cause disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients. Disseminated T inkin, the causative agent of white piedra, is rare and difficult to diagnose. We report the case of a 28 year-old man with newly diagnosed HIV infection who developed asymptomatic lesions on his trunk and extremities.

Spontaneous eruptive keloid-like cutaneous lesions in a renal transplant patient: a form of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?

This is a case report of a 63-year-old man post renal transplant who developed eruptive keloids, many of which developed with no history of previous trauma. Reports of spontaneous keloids are rare in the literature, and given his history of renal failure, we have considered a connection with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). With no history of prior keloid formation, the patient developed a large number of lesions with a wide distribution, which then subsequently healed without keloid formation.

Pyoderma gangrenosum following tattoo placement in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.

A 37-year-old African American female with a diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) being treated with chemotherapy presented with a lesion on her lower back within the confines of a newly inked tattoo. Five days after tattoo placement, she developed an oozing, indurated, necrotic plaque at the site. Four days later, she developed chills, fever, and neutropenia.

Localized nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy: Aberrant dermal repairing?

Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) has emerged as a clinicopathologic entity since 2000 and was recently renamed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. The cause and pathogenesis remain uncertain. The classic clinical presentation is diffuse thickening and hardening of the skin that occurs in patients with renal insufficiency, with or without systemic involvement.

Perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in a patient with Graves' disease treated with methimazole.

A 15- year-old Caucasian girl presented with a 1-week history of necrotic ulcers on her bilateral lower extremities, associated with fever and malaise. She had had similar ulcerations on and off over the past 3 years. She had a medical history of Graves' disease, diagnosed in 1999, for which she was taking methimazole (MMI).