CONGENITAL ERYTHRODERMIC PSORIASIS - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

A 4-year-old girl was seen in our department for erythroderma, palmopl antar hyperkeratosis, and scalp desquamation present since birth. The dermatosis had run an intermittent course, with exacerbations after in fections and spontaneous remissions. A specimen from a skin biopsy per formed at 1 year of age showed the characteristic features of psoriasi s, findings that were confirmed in our biopsy specimen. Treatment with acitretin controlled the outbreaks. At 7 years of age she has develop ed, for the first time, plaque type psoriasis. Congenital erythroderma is an unusual form of psoriasis with a wide differential diagnosis.