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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | psoriasis_woronof_ ring_1_081210 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSORIASIS, PLAQUE | Category: | papulosquamous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | leg | Age: | 46 years | ||
| Contributor: | Brooke Bair, DO | ||||
| Description: | 46 year old african american male, clinically diagnosed with psoriasis, was being treated with a combination of NBUVB, topical steroids and vitD3 analogs. When his plaques began to improve, he showed the classic "woronoff ring." Woronoff ring is a pale | ||||
| Comments: | This 46-year-old man developed hypopigmented rings around psoriatic papules and plaques which were improving with a combination of narrow band ultraviolet B light, topical steroids, and topical calcipotriene. These ares of surrounding hypopigmentation are referred to as Woronoff rings | ||||
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