PUSTULAR PSORIASIS

Course overview

PUSTULAR PSORIASIS IS A RARE, IMMUNE-MEDIATED SYSTEMIC SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY YELLOWISH PUSTULES ON AN ERYTHEMATOUS BASE WITH A VARIETY OF CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS. PUSTULAR PSORIASIS IS CONSIDERED A VARIANT OF PSORIASIS VULGARIS. THE PUSTULES CAN BE WIDESPREAD OR LOCALIZED AND ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A STERILE, PREDOMINANTLY NEUTROPHILIC INFILTRATE. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PUSTULAR PSORIASIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.