Open AccessPsoriasis and connective tissue diseases: What about Sjogren syndrome?
Author(s) -
Z. Aydi,
S. Toujani,
F. Daoud,
B. Ben Dhaou,
L. Baïli,
F. Boussema
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of dermatology and dermatologic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2352-2429
pISSN - 2352-2410
DOI - 10.1016/j.jdds.2015.04.001
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , psoriasis , connective tissue , sjögren syndrome , pathology , systemic disease , disease
Psoriasis (Ps) is an autoimmune chronic skin disease with a high prevalence in the general population. Connective tissue diseases (CTD) are also autoimmune disorders of unknown cause with highly variable clinical expression. The combination of CTD and psoriasis is uncommon and has rarely been described. We report two cases of CTD associated with psoriasis: a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a case of Sjogren syndrome (SS)s