Psoriasis, Erythrodermic, Psoriasis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

psoriasis, erythrodermic psoriasis

Body Site

foot ankle

Age

45 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

brown red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This woman, with a 20 year history of plaque psoriasis, developed diffuse red hyperpigmented papules and plaques with only scattered areas of sparing. She had a prior episode of erythroderma a year earlier that cleared with intramuscular methotrexate and phototherapy with psoralen and ultraviolet A light(PUVA).

Description

confluent scaly red and hyperpigmented papules and plaques with scattered areas of sparing

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12/22/2002 18:28:02

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