Case Letter

Sweet Syndrome Preceding a Carcinoid Lung Tumor and Multiple Myeloma

Cutis. 2013 July;92(1):E1
By
Angela Tewari, MBBS, BSc, MRCP
Arani Chandrakumar, MBBS, MRCP

Sweet syndrome (SS) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis that is recognized as a paraneoplastic phenomenon, particularly in association with multiple myeloma (MM). We report a unique case in which SS preceded the diagnosis of a carcinoid lung tumor and MM by 11 years.
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