title: [Cutaneous psoriasis. Symptoms and therapy].
abstract: Skin psoriasis, a multi- causal disease with unknown mechanism, has several clinical aspects. Besides ordinary psoriasis with mica-like plaques and its special locations, two less known notions are underlined: the localized forms are often less typical (for example: scalp, ears, folds of the hand, foot and nails). They may be relevant to the rhumatologist for the diagnosis the inflammatory forms are often disseminated with pustules and keratosis and constitute another groups where the rhumatologic manifestations are more frequent and more severe. Various forms of treatment are active on the cutaneous symptoms, chronic or relapsing topical therapy with  tar, corticoids, nitrogen mustard, photochemytherapy, oral derivatives of retinoic acid, and exceptionally immunosuppressors. Each technic has its advantages, its disadvantages on a short or long term. Therefore each patient should receive the therapy which is adapted to his form of psoriasis, the need and possibilities of the patient. Collaboration is a must and each patient should receive the adequate care making possible an improvement of his condition.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013638:Tars / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D013638:Tars; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014212:Tretinoin
vernacular_title: Psoriasis cutané. Clinique, traitement.