Psoriasis, Psoriasis, Inverse - DermAtlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

psoriasis psoriasis, inverse

Body Site

trunk buttock

Age

36 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric intertrigenous (creases)

Comments

This 36-year-old woman presented with symmetric red scaly plaques affecting the submammary folds, axillae and trunk Please note that the scaling was not pronounced in the folds as compared to the plaques elsewhere on the body. Psoriasis inversa is a variant of psoriasis involving the groins, vulva, axillae, gluteal cleft and other body folds. Scaling is greatly reduced or absent.

Description

symmetric red scaly polycyclic plaques in creases; silvery scaly plaqes on trunk

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2/19/2004 6:36:08

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