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Multiple subungual hemorrhages as a manifestation of Sweet’s syndrome Volume 7, numéro 2, March 1997

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Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux 75010 Paris, France.
  • Page(s) : 121-2
  • Année de parution : 2000

Multiple subungual, splinter hemorrhages (MSSH) were initially described as an important sign of subacute endocarditis [1]. They were then reported in various other conditions, particularly in association with the antiphospholipid syndrome [2]. In most patients they occur concomitantly with thrombotic events. We describe a patient with Sweet's syndrome who experienced MSSH, an association which, to our knowledge, has not been previously [...]