Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon?

Psoriasis being a common skin condition, atypical forms and unusual localizations of this disease are quite frequently seen. However, psoriasis sparing a polio-affected limb is extremely rare. We report a case of an adult male, who presented with psoriasis distributed all over the body but with almo...

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Autores principales: Ravikumar, BC, Sinhasan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25284862
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.139913
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description Psoriasis being a common skin condition, atypical forms and unusual localizations of this disease are quite frequently seen. However, psoriasis sparing a polio-affected limb is extremely rare. We report a case of an adult male, who presented with psoriasis distributed all over the body but with almost complete sparing of the polio-affected left lower limb.
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spelling pubmed-41719252014-10-03 Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon? Ravikumar, BC Sinhasan, Indian J Dermatol Case Report Psoriasis being a common skin condition, atypical forms and unusual localizations of this disease are quite frequently seen. However, psoriasis sparing a polio-affected limb is extremely rare. We report a case of an adult male, who presented with psoriasis distributed all over the body but with almost complete sparing of the polio-affected left lower limb. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4171925/ /pubmed/25284862 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.139913 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon?
title_full Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon?
title_fullStr Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon?
title_full_unstemmed Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon?
title_short Psoriasis Sparing the Polio-Affected Limb: Is It Merely the Koebner Phenomenon?
title_sort psoriasis sparing the polio-affected limb: is it merely the koebner phenomenon?
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