STRICT ANATOMICAL COEXISTENCE OF VITILIGO AND PSORIASIS-VULGARIS - A KOEBNER PHENOMENON

Authors
PAPADAVID E YU RC MUNN S CHU AC
Citation
E. Papadavid et al., STRICT ANATOMICAL COEXISTENCE OF VITILIGO AND PSORIASIS-VULGARIS - A KOEBNER PHENOMENON, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 21(2), 1996, pp. 138-140
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
138 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1996)21:2<138:SACOVA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We describe a patient who developed typical psoriatic plaques covering completely or partly the vitiliginous areas of her skin. Her psoriasi s was strictly limited to the vitiliginous patches with no involvement of the normal skin. Strict anatomical coexistence of both diseases is extremely rare and suggests a causal mechanism, possibly due to a Koe bner phenomenon, but genetic and environmental factors may also be inv olved.