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A 41-year-old woman patient with a history of psoriasis occurring for 30 years but without a family history of such condition and diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis went to the dermatology department for received biologic therapies due to his unsatisfaction with the efficacy of the traditional treatment. After 20 weeks of therapy, the patient developed palmoplantar pustular rash. The histology of a skin biopsy from the affected areas: parakeratosis, acanthosis, neutrophils in stratum corneum and a dermal infiltrate of lymphocytes.
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Smirnova, L.M., Orlova, E.V., Gabrielian, G.A. (2022). Palmoplantar Pustular Rash in a 41-Year-Old Woman. In: Lotti, T.M., Wollina, U., Olisova, O., Jafferany, M. (eds) Clinical Cases in Exfoliative Dermatitis. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08466-9_22
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