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Sweet syndrome is an acute inflammatory skin disease occurring in association with fever and leukocytosis. The skin changes appear mostly on the face and dorsal parts of the extremities in the form of sharply demarcated, erythematous papules and nodules. Sweet syndrome is often associated with various systemic illnesses. The differential diagnosis includes erythema multiforme, erythema elevatum et diutinum or lupus erythematosus. Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressants are used in the treatment of Sweet syndrome. We present the case of a middle-aged man with typical skin lesions in predilection sites and typical histological findings...