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Sweet syndrome is a neutrophilic dermatosis that selectively affects photoexposed areas such as the face, neck, and forearms. However, the triggering or aggravating role of solar irradiation has not been mentioned in the large series reported in the literature.^1-2 To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first case of exclusively photoinduced Sweet syndrome.

Report of a Case

A 71-year-old man was referred in July 1998 for a febrile (temperature, 38.5°C) cutaneous eruption that had recurred 1 or 2 days after prolonged exposure to the sun every summer for the past 8 years. Previously, he had 1 flare per year, in midsummer, after intense solar exposure outside during half a day, with an average of 1 to 5 lesions per flare. The skin lesions had resolved spontaneously within 1 month, with residual pigmentation persisting for several months. At admission, he had 4 plaques with a diameter of up to 5 cm, clearly delimited, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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