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Case Report

Neuro-Sweet Disease Causing Orbital Inflammation

Pages 42-45 | Received 01 Aug 2014, Accepted 23 Aug 2014, Published online: 22 Jan 2015
 

Abstract

Neuro-Sweet disease is a rare condition causing encephalitis or meningitis in addition to the erythematous skin plaques of Sweet syndrome. Neuro-Sweet disease has been associated with several ocular manifestations, including ocular movement disorders, episcleritis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, and optic disc oedema. The author reports a patient with orbital inflammation, cranial neuropathies, and a skin rash in the setting of myelodysplastic syndrome. Biopsy of her skin lesion confirmed the diagnosis of neuro-Sweet disease. To the author’s knowledge, this is the first reported case of neuro-Sweet disease causing orbital inflammation. Her ocular inflammation resolved with the use of systemic corticosteroid treatment.

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness.

Declaration of interest: The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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