Original Article

Incidence of atypical forms, involvement area and morphology of lesion in psoriasis

  • Mehmet Özeren
  • Adem Köşlü
  • Burcu Barutçuoğlu

İstanbul Med J 2004;5(3):16-19

Psoriasis is one of the most common dermatosis of dermatological outpatient clinics. Psoriatic diseases are white race dominance. Incidence rate is %1-5. In our study, we were try to find rate of atipical psoriasis, morphology of lesion and affected areas. Our group includes randomized selected 60 psoriasis cases. Each patient was undergo dermatological examination. Clinical types, morphologi of lesion and effected areas were documented. Atypical psoriasis was found in totaly 6 patients. Mostly effected area was scalp. Type of lesions were mostly nummuler. Psoriatic arthritis incidence was lower than other studies. Our study shows to us that other atypical psoriatic forms were similar with literature.

Keywords: Psoriasis, atypical psoriasis