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The Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
Published on: July 11, 2013
[Erythrodermic psoriasis: epidemiological clinical and therapeutic features about 60 cases]
Abdelmoati Hawilo1, Ines Zaraa, Rym Benmously
1Hopital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
Background:
the erythrodermic psoriasis (EP) is a rare but severe form of psoriasis that may be potentially life-threatening.
Aim:
To study the characteristics of this severe form of psoriasis.
Methods:
We present a retrospective study, including all cases of EP followed in the dermatology department of the La Rabta hospital of Tunis over a 31-year-period from January, 1980 to June, 2010.
Results:
sixty patients were included, concerning 46 men and 14 women, with an average age of 53.7. A history of psoriasis was reported in 78 % of the cases. A triggering factor was found in 53 % of the cases. Systemic treatments were required in 55 % of cases. An improvement was noted in 69.4 % of the cases. A recurrence of the EP was observed in 15% of the cases. Three cases of sepicemia and one of stroke were noted.
Conclusion:
Erythrodermic psoriasis is the most common etiology of erythroderma. It represents more than half of severe psoriasis. As shown in our study it affects mainly adults' males. It complicates usually a common psoriasis. Septic and thromboembolic complications ones justify a close follow up.
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