Linear psoriasis - a case report.

• Author(s): Brinca, A ; Santiago, F ; Serra, D ; Andrade, P ; Vieira, R ; Figueiredo, A
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/998
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Psoríase
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

A 56-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of erythematous plaques covered by scales and limited to the right side of her body. The plaques were arranged along Blaschko's lines with a marked mid-line cutoff. The histopathologic analysis of a skin biopsy in conjunction with the anamnesis allowed the diagnosis of linear psoriasis. Our patient showed a good clinical response to antipsoriatic treatment.