Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset
| Autor: | Simona R. Georgescu, Cristina Iulia Mitran, Maria Isabela Sârbu, Vasile Benea, Mădălina Irina Mitran, Mircea Tampa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
lcsh:R5-920 medicine.medical_specialty integumentary system treatment business.industry Nail psoriasis medicine.disease nail psoriasis Dermatology 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) medicine.anatomical_structure quality of life Psoriasis Nail (anatomy) Medicine skin and connective tissue diseases lcsh:Medicine (General) business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 186-192 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2392-7674 |
| Popis: | Nail psoriasis affects a large number of patients with psoriasis and has a major psychosocial impact. Furthermore, it may be regarded as a predictor of more severe forms of psoriasis and early sign of psoriatic arthritis. The clinical presentations vary depending on the structure affected (nail matrix or nail bed), the nail lesions may range from minor to severe, but they are not specific. Treatment is a challenge, in most cases the lesions being resistant to therapy. We present a rare case of psoriasis with nail onset in a 59-year-old woman. The nail involvement confined to the fingernails was severe, with significant impairment of the patient’s quality of life. Conventional therapies failed to improve the nail lesions, but a marked improvement was achieved under etanercept therapy |
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