Psoriasis of the lips associated with severe psoriatic arthritis – a case report

Psoriasis of the Lips: A Case Report with Review of the Literature

“…Ten of the cases were female and 5 male, the mean age of the patients was 28.86 years (13–65 years), extra-labial involvement was found in 6 patients with typical skin lesions in 4 cases, vulva involvement in one case, nail involvement in one case and scalp involvement in 2 cases. Only the case reported by Migliari et al had intraoral involvement [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] (Table 1 ).…”

“…Specifically, the white color of psoriatic scales is of particular value for the diagnosis of psoriasis compared with the yellow scales or crusts that are usually suggestive of dermatitis [ 15 ]. Several treatments have been used in the literature: topical strong to very strong topical steroid, calcipotriol, tacrolimus, vitamin A derivatives, salicylic acid, and methotrexate with good outcome in most cases [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”