Localized Pustular Psoriasis with Onycholysis Representing a Köbner Phenomenon

Annular pustular psoriasis localized to the dorsa of the feet.

Sir, Annular pustular psoriasis (APP) is a rare form of psoriasis characterized by gyrate, annular lesions with an erythematous, scaly, pustular margin (1). Although usually generalized, in some instances it appears as a localized form (2). We herein report a case of APP localized to the dorsa of feet of a 23year-old woman. She had a 4-year history of similar lesions on the same area, but there...

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...

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...

Pemphigus foliaceus with pustular presentation in a patient with psoriasis*

Pemphigus foliaceus is a chronic autoimmune disease of the skin, clinically characterized by scaly and crusty cutaneous erosions involving the seborrheic areas. The patient can eventually become erythrodermic. There are reports of atypical cases of pemphigus foliaceus with pustules and neutrophils, and clinical differentiation from generalized pustular psoriasis of von Zumbusch is difficult. We...

Spongiform pustules of Kagoj in Psoriasis = تارثبلا ةيجنفسالا لكشلا يف فدصلا Psoriasis Psoriasis may be divided into psoriasis vulgaris, generalized pustular psoriasis, and localized pustular psoriasis. Psoriasis Vulgaris Clinical Features