Psoriasis is what type of disease - Answer-A chronic multi system disease with skin and joint manifestations
Age of Onset (two peaks) - Answer-20-30 and 50-60, but can be seen anytime
What percentage of patients have a first-degree relative with the disease - Answer-30%
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Dermatology -Psoriasis Exam Questions
and Answers
Psoriasis is what type of disease - Answer-A chronic multi system disease with skin and
joint manifestations
Age of Onset (two peaks) - Answer-20-30 and 50-60, but can be seen anytime
What percentage of patients have a first-degree relative with the disease - Answer-30%
Characteristics of Guttate Psoriasis - Answer-presents with drop lesions on trunk and
extremities
1-10mm salmon pink papules with fine scale
What often precedes guttate psoriasis? - Answer-streptococcal pharyngitis
Characteristics of Inverse/Flexural Psoriasis - Answer-erythematous plaques in skin
folds
may lack scale due to moistness of the area
Characteristics of pustular psoriasis - Answer-Psoriatic lesions with pustules, can be
life-threatening
What often triggers pustular psoriasis? - Answer-Corticosteroid withdrawal
Characterisitics of Palmoplantar Psoriasis - Answer-Plaque or pustular type on palms
and/or soles
Can be indistinguishable from reactive arthritis
Characteristics of Psoriatic Erythroderma - Answer-Skin is bright red over almost the
entire skin surface
Fever, chills, malaise
Characteristics of Plaque Psoriasis - Answer-well-demarcated plaques with overlying
silvery scale and underlying erythema
Chronic is typically bilateral and symmetrical
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