Tattoo-associated Sweet syndrome

Subcutaneous Sweet Syndrome Successfully Treated With Ustekinumab in a Patient With Ulcerative Colitis

“…1,5,6 SS has many triggers including pregnancy and malignancy; in the case of this patient, it was likely provoked by her underlying IBD. 2 Interestingly, there have been case reports of IBD-related SS induced by azathioprine therapy, which this patient had received in the past. 3 However, azathioprine was unlikely the trigger for SS in our patient because she had been off this medication for several years.…”

“…SS presents as erythematous papules/plaques usually involving the face/neck and limbs with associated systemic symptoms such as fever and arthromyalgias. 2 Histologically, SS is characterized by dense neutrophilic infiltrate in the dermis. 1 SS is more common in women in the third to fifth decades of life.…”