Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, 5 Arnold St Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia Neutrophilic dermatoses have primarily been classified based on their histological appearance and many have overlapping associations with systemic diseases. This article provides a brief overview of the two most common neutrophilic dermatoses, Sweet's syndrome and pyoderma gangrenosum. The clinica...

Factitious disorders are defined as acts of self-harm that directly or indirectly result in clinically-relevant injury. They are typically performed in secret and without direct intention of suicide (1, 2). The patient’s initial goal is hospital admission and receiving medical treatment to confirm the severity of their state (3). Current prevalence ranges of factitious disorders is between 0.05...

A wide variety of dermatoses are associated with participation in specific athletic activities. These dermatoses can result from mechanical injuries, exposure to environmental factors and infectious agents, contact dermatitis to sports equipment, and other factors. Proper diagnosis requires familiarity with their characteristic clinical presentations, which are sometimes bizarre and perplexing....

The authors present a review of neutrophilic dermatoses that have great impact on the health of patients: Sweet syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum, Behçet's disease and neutrophilic urticaria. Major clinical aspects, histopathological changes and management options are discussed based on the results and conclusions of relevant studies recently published and on the authors' experience.