Psoriasis pustuleux juvenile. A propos de 15 cas

Psoriasis is a common, chronic and recurrent inflammatory disease of the skin. Children were affected in 30% of cases. Severe form can be observed: pustular psoriasis [pp], psoriatic arthropathy and erythrodermic psoriasis. There were 15 children with an age range of 1-15.5 years, [mean age 7.56 years]. Psoriasis constituted 5% of the total dermatological disorders in children. The severe forms of psoriasis were rare in children annular pp was the most common form of pp in children. Juvenile pp had generally better prognostic than in adults, but the evolution is characterized by recurrences