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Photoletter to the editor: Dermoscopy in clinically atypical psoriasis
Aimilios Lallas1, Zoe Apalla, Thrassivoulos Tzellos
1State Clinic, Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Journal of Dermatological Case Reports
|July 25, 2012
Abstract:
Diagnosis of psoriasis is usually established clinically, based on the characteristic morphology and distribution of lesions. However, cases of psoriasis with atypical presentation do exist. In this manuscript we report and highlight the significant role of dermoscopy in the diagnosis of three clinically atypical and heterogeneous cases of psoriasis.
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