Appearance of lentigines in psoriasis patient treated with guselkumab

Psoriasis in an HIV-positive patient treated with cimetidine.

Recurrent varicella in an adult psoriasis patient treated with etanercept.

The use of TNF-blocking agents has been associated with an increased susceptibility to infections [2] . Until now, VZV infections in patients on anti-TNFagents were mainly a paediatric issue, with some cases of severe primary varicella complicated by aseptic meningitis in etanercept-treated children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis [3] . Herpes zoster [4, 5] and primary varicella [6] , which ...

Generalized "sunbed lentigines" in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Sir, The development of melanocytic lesions following treatment with psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA therapy) is well documented. The first case of lentigines induced by cosmetic UVA tanning was reported in the 1980s (1), and another three cases have been published since then (2 – 5). We report the case of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed generalized persistent mel...

Psoriasis with verrucous appearance: A case report

Psoriasis is an inflammatory disorder characterized by peculiar skin and joint manifestations. The most common clinical presentation is a scaly erythematous plaque with thick silvery white scale. Psoriasis with verrucous appearance is a rare variant of the disease with characteristic clinical and pathological features; it might be confused with many other lesions including warts, epidermal nevu...

Pediatric psoriasis treated with apremilast

BSA: body surface area INTRODUCTION Psoriasis is a cutaneous, chronic inflammatory disorder that affects approximately 3.1% of US adults younger than 60 years and up to 2.1% of children worldwide. Chronic plaque psoriasis is generally the most common type of childhood psoriasis (accounting for 74% of cases in one study), followed by guttate psoriasis (9.7%-28.9%), which is often triggered by st...