Sweet's syndrome and mucosal prolapse polyps in a male patient with ulcerative colitis.

BMC Gastroenterol

Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, No. 169, Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei Province, China.

Published: December 2021

Background: Sweet's syndrome (SS), also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a rare neutrophilic dermatitis characterized by pyrexia, neutrophilia and painful papulonodular lesions with a neutrophilic dermal infiltrate.

Case Presentation: We presented a case report of classical SS associated with ulcerative colitis (UC) and mucosal prolapse polyps (MPPs) in a male patient.

Conclusions: The particularity of this case is the occurrence of MPPs in a male patient with UC and classical SS. We also discussed whether this patient with concurrent Epstein-Barr virus infection could be treated with corticosteroids.

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