Acute onset of bullous skin rash and acute kidney injury after exposure to radiocontrast: Sweet's syndrome

  • Mahmoud Abdelnabi Internal Medicine Department, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Annia Cavazos Internal Medicine Department, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Corley Pruneda Dermatology Department, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Jerapas Thongpiya Internal Medicine Department, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Pitchaporn Yingchoncharoen Internal Medicine Department, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Sierra Sullivan Internal Medicine Department, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Jesus Davalos Internal Medicine Department, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Michele Tarbox Dermatology Department, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12890/2023_003781

Keywords

Sweet’s syndrome, acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, radiocontrast-induced, drug-induced, acute kidney injury, oesophageal ulcers

Abstract

Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is characterized by an acute inflammatory skin eruption of oedematous and erythematous papules, plaques or nodules, accompanied by fever, and leucocytosis with possible extracutaneous involvement. Aetiologies include infections, inflammatory bowel disease, pregnancy or malignancy, or the syndrome may be drug-induced by many classes of medications or very rarely, radiocontrast exposure. Herein, the authors report a case of radiocontrast-induced bullous Sweet's syndrome and contrast-induced acute kidney injury in a woman in her 60s with a complex medical history.

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    • Published: 2023-03-14

    Issue: 2023: LATEST ONLINE (view)

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    Abdelnabi M, Cavazos A, Pruneda C, Thongpiya J, Yingchoncharoen P, Sullivan S, Davalos J, Tarbox M. Acute onset of bullous skin rash and acute kidney injury after exposure to radiocontrast: Sweet’s syndrome. EJCRIM 2023;10 doi:10.12890/2023_003781.

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