Infantile Acute Generalized Pustular Psoriasis: A Case Report

Childhood pustular psoriasis: case report.

Generalized pustulous psoriasis is a rare type of psoriasis first described in 1910 by Von Zumbusch. This disease tends to have a more benign development in children when compared to its development in adults. However, in its serious form it may represent a risk to the patient's life. Maybe, due to being such a rare disease no therapeutic option has so far consistently proved to be both effecti...

Infantile acute erythrodermic pustular psoriasis with a good response to acitretin monotherapy

Exfoliative Dermatitis Secondary to Acute Generalized Pustular Psoriasis in a Child: A Case Report

Psoriasis is a common T-lymphocyte mediated inflammatory dermatosis in children. Infantile psoriasis is rare and accounts for only 3.5%-16% of childhood psoriasis [1]. General pustular psoriasis (GPP), an extremely rare form of psoriasis first described in 1910 by Leo Ritter von Zumbusch, is characterized by an abrupt onset of widespread erythematous lesions followed by superficial yellowish, u...

Acute Pustular Psoriasis

was stable, his skin became irritable and hot with extensive reddening. Though in bed in a warm room he felt cold. During the next three days the skin became tender, and large areas of pustulation developed. Subsequently there was widespread peeling of the skin, and crusting developed on the face and neck. On admission to hospital there was generalized cutaneous erythema and scleral jaundice. T...

Case Report A case of generalised pustular psoriasis mimicking acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis

Differentiating between acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) and generalised pustular psoriasis (GPP) is very challenging because of clinical and histopathological similarities. A 60-year-old woman presented with pustular eruption and fever. She had taken dapsone and zaltoprofen for five days. Laboratory findings revealed neutrophil dominant leucocytosis and histopathological findi...