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Tatiana Lapa1, R Gary Sibbald, Patricia M Coutts
1Tatiana Lapa, MD, MScCH, is Master's Student, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Clinical Practicum Placement, Toronto Regional Wound Healing Clinic, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. R. Gary Sibbald, MD, DSc (Hons), MEd, BSc, FRCPC (Med Derm), MACP, FAAD, MAPWCA, is Professor, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and Women's College Hospital, Toronto. Patricia M. Coutts, RN, is Wound Care & Clinical Trials Coordinator, Toronto Regional Wound Healing Clinic and Faculty, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course. Xiu Chang Zhao, MD, CCFP, is Family Physician, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted June 7, 2021; accepted in revised form July 26, 2021.
Abstract:
Diagnosing and treating neutrophilic dermatoses (NDs) in clinical practice can be challenging because of various presentations and stubborn treatment responses. Establishing a diagnosis is necessary, though, because many NDs are associated with underlying conditions, including malignancy. In this article, the authors provide information about Sweet syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum, and other NDs and describe their clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, and associated conditions. The authors also present a case report describing the coexistence of two NDs and hidradenitis suppurativa in one patient and review the treatment modalities for those conditions.
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