Acute Pustular Psoriasis
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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. There was dense crusting around the mouth and nose, spreading on to the neck. Large areas of stratum corneum were peeling from the trunk, leaving an exudative surface. Small subcomeal pustules, a few millimetres in diameter, were seen at the margins of the exudative areas. The lymph nodes in the axillae and groins were enlarged, and there was moderate ankle oedema. His temperature was 38-40C, pulse rate 95 beats/min., and arterial blood pressure 170/95
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