| Autor: |
Pascoe, Vanessa L., Donigan, Jessica M., Schwartz, Julia, Baughn Koo, Eubee, Boer Kimball, Alexandra |
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Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis; December 2015, Vol. 1 Issue: 1 p15-17, 3p |
| Abstrakt: |
Characteristics of psoriatic plaques may affect thermoregulation and the temperature of psoriatic lesions. This study assessed the utility of handheld laser thermometry in evaluating the severity of psoriatic plaques. Twenty-five patients with plaque psoriasis were examined with temperature measurements performed on psoriatic plaques, adjacent normal-appearing skin and normal-appearing contralateral skin. Scaly regions of psoriatic plaques were, on average, 1.6° F cooler than non-scaled regions. Non-scaled plaque regions were 0.5° F cooler than both adjacent and contralateral skin, on average. Sixty-six percent of plaques were cooler than contralateral skin. None of these temperature differences was statistically significant. The thickened plaque stratum corneum may have provided a less penetrable outer layer, preventing reading the true underlying temperature. We conclude that given its ease of use, handheld laser thermometry may yet be a useful plaque assessment method. Further studies are warranted. |
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