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Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi · Jul 2007
Review Case Reports[Development of Sweet syndrome in an acute promyelocyte leukemia patient during treatment with all-trans retinoic acid--case report and literature review].
To identify the side effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), and improve early therapeutic response in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). ⋯ Sweet's syndrome is a rare adverse effect of ATRA, and has similar features with inflammatory or infective dermatosis. The corticosteroids treatment could improve the systemic and cutaneous symptoms. When ATRA therapy was restarted after SS subsided, no recurrence of rashes was observed.