Dramatic response of nail psoriasis to infliximab.

Case Rep Med

Department of Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc, 10, rue Marcel Proust, 22000 Saint-Brieuc, France.

Published: July 2011

Nail psoriasis, affecting up to 50% of psoriatic patients, is an important cause of serious psychological and physical distress. Traditional treatments for nail psoriasis, which include topical or intralesional corticosteroids, topical vitamin D analogues, photochemotherapy, oral retinoids, methotrexate, and cyclosporin, can be time-consuming, painful, or limited by significant toxicities. Biological agents may have the potential to revolutionize the management of patients with disabling nail psoriasis. We present another case of disabling nail psoriasis that responded dramatically to infliximab.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099188PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/107928DOI Listing

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