A rare association of Sweet's syndrome with cervical cancer

Gynecol Oncol. 2004 Nov;95(2):396-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.06.050.

Abstract

Background: Approximately 10-20% of patients with Sweet's syndrome have an associated malignancy. To our knowledge, Sweet's syndrome has been reported in cervical cancer in only three other patients.

Case: We report a case of a 44-year-old female diagnosed with cervical cancer (FIGO IIIB), treated with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Approximately 5 months after completing treatment, she presented with nausea, vomiting, and bullous pustular lesions on the hand. She was found to have a small bowel obstruction due to recurrence of her cervical cancer, and a biopsy of the skin lesion showed a marked dermal neutrophilic infiltrate consistent with Sweet's syndrome.

Conclusion: We report a case of Sweet's syndrome associated with cervical cancer, which is a rare finding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Sweet Syndrome / complications*
  • Sweet Syndrome / pathology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology