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Chronic subcorneal pustulosis with vasculitis: a variant of generalized pustular psoriasis in black South Africans
Author(s) -
BARLOW R.J.,
SCHULZ E.J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb00628.x
Subject(s) - pustulosis , medicine , dermatology , generalized pustular psoriasis , pustular psoriasis , psoriasis , vasculitis , pathology , immunology , disease , arthritis , synovitis
Summary A rare, but distinctive chronic eruption in six female black South Africans is reported. The original diagnosis of subcorneal pustular dermatosis of Sneddon and Wilkinson in these patients was refuted by the subsequent histological observation of both spongiform pustules and an underlying vasculitis. This may represent a previously undocumented form of generalized pustular psoriasis.