Mucocutaneous candidiasis or psoriasis? A case report

• Main Authors: Shahnaz Armin, Zahra Chavoshzadeh, Abdollah Karimi, Aram Tajeddini, Parviz Toosi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2007-06-01
• Series: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Pustular psoriasis, arthritis, children.
• Online Access: http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/410
• ISSN: 1735-1995; 1735-7136

<font face="TimesNewRoman,Bold" size="1"><p align="left"><strong>BACKGROUND: </strong><font face="TimesNewRoman" size="2">Pustular psoriasis is a rare form of psoriasis in childhood. The prevalence of psoriasis in various parts of the world varies from 0.1% to 3% and the most frequently observed variant is the plaque type, followed by the guttate psoriasis.</font></p></font><font face="TimesNewRoman,Bold" size="1"><p align="left"><strong>CASE REPORT: </strong><font face="TimesNewRoman" size="2">A 4-year-old boy with a history of repeated self-limited arthritis, onycholysis, recurrent erythematous skin, diaper rash, fever and pustular lesions, had several hospital admissions with no benefits. After a 2-year delay in the diagnosis, he was treated as a case of pustular psoriasis which was shown by skin biopsy.</font></p></font><p align="left"><font face="TimesNewRoman" size="1"><strong>KEY WORDS</strong>: </font><font face="TimesNewRoman" size="2">Pustular psoriasis, arthritis, children.</font></p>