Erythema annulare centrifugum-type psoriasis: a particular variant of acute-eruptive psoriasis
✍ Scribed by E Vocks; W-I Worret; J Ring
- Book ID
- 104470319
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0926-9959
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✦ Synopsis
ABSTRACT
A case of erythema annulare centrifugum‐type psoriasis in a 58‐year‐old white woman with a history of chronic plaque psoriasis is described. Initial failure of antipsoriatic treatments and an untypical histology complicated the diagnosis. After several trials acitretin at a low maintenance dose combined with oral fish oil and topical calcitriol led to sustained long‐term remission. The spectrum of clinical differentiation of this rare disease, the histological characteristics and its nosological classification are discussed. It is suggested that this dermatosis represents a variant of acute psoriasis, rather than a variant of pustular psoriasis.