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Severe Psoriatic Erythroderma and Disabling Mutilating Arthritis in HIV-Positive Patient

Severe Psoriatic Erythroderma and Disabling Mutilating Arthritis in HIV-Positive Patient

Matilda Bylaite (1) and Thomas Ruzicka (2)
(1) Department of Dermatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany (2) Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Published:  06 April 2009

 

An HIV-positive 50-year-old heterosexual white man presented with a 6-week history of exacerbation of psoriasis with erythroderma and painful, diffusely swollen and deformed fingers, toes, knees and right shoulder.

He and his girlfriend were both diagnosed HIV-positive in 1986. His risk factors include a 15-year history of intravenous drug abuse and sexual contact with his girlfriend who had previously received a blood transfusion...

 
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