A case of Sweet’s syndrome with oral mucosa hyperplasia as the initial symptom

Abstract

Sweet’s Syndrome is a disease characterized by multiple nodules or edematous erythema elevatum of the face, neck, and skin, accompanied by acute fever and peripheral leukocytosis. This disease is considered one of the paraneoplastic syndromes of blood tumors.

　A 50-year-old Japanese man was referred to our department because of oral mucosa hyperplasia. The patient who had the various condition and we performed various examination, but needed long time for definitive diagnosis.

　In this article, we report a case of oral mucosa hyperplasia caused by Sweet’s Syndrome that was difficult to diagnose.