Reactive neutrophilic dermatoses explained

Specialty:	dermatology

Reactive neutrophilic dermatoses are a spectrum of conditions mediated by neutrophils, and typically associated with underlying diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease and hematologic malignancy.^[1]

Conditions considered to be reactive neutrophilic dermatoses include:

• Erythema nodosum

• Marshall syndrome

• Sweet syndrome (Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis)

• Neutrophilic dermatosis of the dorsal hands (Pustular vasculitis of the dorsal hands)

• Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis

• Pyoderma gangrenosum

• PAPA syndrome

Notes and References

1. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. .