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Erythema/pathology , Hair/abnormalities , Hair/pathology , Netherton Syndrome/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Severe psoriasis is a rare condition under immunosuppressive therapy. We describe a 42-years-old man with psoriasis since the age of 22 years. The patient underwent a combined pancreas-kidney transplantation at the age of 32 because of Goodpasture syndrome with renal and pulmonary involvments and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Seven years later a pancreas retransplantation was performed due to nonfunction of the original pancreas allograft. Despite intensive systemic immunosuppression, consisting of prednisone, tacrolimus, and mycofenolate mofetil, and topical treatment with dithranol and steroids, there was significant worsening of psoriasis. In October 2009 we initiated therapy with etanercept (25 mg s.c.) twice weekly under close clinical and laboratory monitoring. Improvement was rapid with a decrease in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) from 25.2 to <5 during the first months of treatment without a severe infection or other adverse reaction. Graft functions were not affected by the treatment. The patient remains till now on the same regimen and is almost free of skin manifestations. To our knowledge so far only 2 cases of etanercept therapy in psoriasis have been reported in liver transplant recipients. In both cases the treatment was well tolerated and effective. Psoriasis therapy in organ transplant recipients represents a major challenge. Biological agents such as etanercept may provide an effective option for refractory cases.
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Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/surgery , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/surgery , Immunoglobulin G/therapeutic use , Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects , Pancreas Transplantation/adverse effects , Psoriasis/drug therapy , Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/therapeutic use , Adult , Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/complications , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications , Etanercept , Humans , Immunosuppressive Agents/adverse effects , Kidney Transplantation/immunology , Male , Pancreas Transplantation/immunology , Psoriasis/diagnosis , Psoriasis/immunology , Severity of Illness Index , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
A 73-year-old female patient presented with acute very painful perianal ulcerations. She reported using various ointments and later potassium permanganate baths because of maceration of the rima ani as a manifestation of her psoriasis vulgaris. Suddenly after starting the potassium permanganate baths, necrotic areas developed with then became ulcerated. After excluding the relevant differential diagnostic considerations, we diagnosed ulcerations caused by a caustic burn from potassium permanganate. After stooping potassium permanganate baths and employing modern moist wound therapy, we attained complete healing after 8 months of treatment.
