NEUTROPHILIC ECCRINE HIDRADENITIS - A CASE-REPORT

Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) is a rare neutrophilic dermato sis occurring most frequently during induction chemotherapy for a vari ety of malignancies. We report a case of NEH in a 41-year-old woman wi th acute myeloblastic leukemia under daunorubicin, cytarabine and etop oside chemotherapy. She developed red, tender and painful nodules on a shoulder. The lesions resolved spontaneously. Histological examinatio n is mandatory as the clinical presentation of this dermatosis is high ly polymorphic. Leukemia cutis, sepsis, deep fungal infection and Swee t's syndrome must be excluded as these implicate different therapies.