Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset
Nail psoriasis affects a large number of patients with psoriasis and has a major psychosocial impact. Furthermore, it may be regarded as a predictor of more severe forms of psoriasis and early sign of psoriatic arthritis. The clinical presentations vary depending on the structure affected (nail matr...
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| author | Mădălina I. Mitran Cristina I. Mitran Maria I. Sârbu Vasile Benea Mircea Tampa Simona R. Georgescu |
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| description | Nail psoriasis affects a large number of patients with psoriasis and has a major psychosocial impact. Furthermore, it may be regarded as a predictor of more severe forms of psoriasis and early sign of psoriatic arthritis. The clinical presentations vary depending on the structure affected (nail matrix or nail bed), the nail lesions may range from minor to severe, but they are not specific. Treatment is a challenge, in most cases the lesions being resistant to therapy. We present a rare case of psoriasis with nail onset in a 59-year-old woman. The nail involvement confined to the fingernails was severe, with significant impairment of the patient’s quality of life. Conventional therapies failed to improve the nail lesions, but a marked improvement was achieved under etanercept therapy |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8322ba099b434f5d90f3b1114ef49ebf2025-08-20T01:55:42ZengMDPI AGJournal of Mind and Medical Sciences2392-76742017-10-014218619210.22543/7674.42.P186192Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onsetMădălina I. Mitran0Cristina I. Mitran1Maria I. Sârbu2Vasile Benea3Mircea Tampa4Simona R. Georgescu5Carol Davila University, Department of Microbiology, Bucharest, Romania, Victor Babes Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Microbiology, Bucharest, Romania, Victor Babes Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Dermatology, Bucharest, RomaniaVictor Babes Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Dermatology, Bucharest, RomaniaCarol Davila University, Department of Dermatology, Bucharest, RomaniaNail psoriasis affects a large number of patients with psoriasis and has a major psychosocial impact. Furthermore, it may be regarded as a predictor of more severe forms of psoriasis and early sign of psoriatic arthritis. The clinical presentations vary depending on the structure affected (nail matrix or nail bed), the nail lesions may range from minor to severe, but they are not specific. Treatment is a challenge, in most cases the lesions being resistant to therapy. We present a rare case of psoriasis with nail onset in a 59-year-old woman. The nail involvement confined to the fingernails was severe, with significant impairment of the patient’s quality of life. Conventional therapies failed to improve the nail lesions, but a marked improvement was achieved under etanercept therapyhttp://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=jmmsnail psoriasistreatmentquality of life |
| spellingShingle | Mădălina I. Mitran Cristina I. Mitran Maria I. Sârbu Vasile Benea Mircea Tampa Simona R. Georgescu Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences nail psoriasis treatment quality of life |
| title | Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset |
| title_full | Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset |
| title_fullStr | Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset |
| title_full_unstemmed | Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset |
| title_short | Therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset |
| title_sort | therapeutic challenges in a case of psoriasis with nail onset |
| topic | nail psoriasis treatment quality of life |
| url | http://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=jmms |
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