Surgical treatment of psoriasis: a review including a case report of dermabrasion of hypertrophic psoriatic plaques.
Psoriasis is a chronic papulosquamous disease. Koebner and reverse Koebner reactions have been described. Surgical treatments which produce a reverse Koebner reaction in psoriasis are reviewed and a case of dermabrasion of resistant, hypertrophic plaques is presented. These procedures are to be considered only when conventional therapy fails.
Gold
M H
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Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611.
Roenigk
H H
HH
D000368:Aged; D003869:Dermabrasion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology