INTRODUCTION Onychomycosis and nail psoriasis can be embarrassing to patients, so improving the appearance of affected nails should be one of the key short-term goals of treatment. METHODS An 8-week open-label multicenter study was conducted to assess whether K101-03, a marketed topical treatment containing propylene glycol, glycerol, urea, and lactic acid, could produce rapid cosmetic improv...

INTRODUCTION Erythrodermic psoriasis is a rare generalized clinical presentation of psoriasis in children and adults. Its systemic involvement and a diverse range of clinical findings in the joint and nails are commonly described. A high index of suspicion and an exhaustive differential diagnosis involving other causes of erythroderma should be initially considered. CASE PRESENTATION We prese...

Onychomycosis, the common important infection caused by fungal pathogens. This infection was occur in the 50% of nail abnormalities. Psoriasis patients were found with these nail abnormalities including chronic inflammation and hyper proliferative skin conditions finally turns onychomycosis. To study the prevalence of fungal infection of nail in Psoriatic and Non-Psoriatic patients who attendin...

Table I. Patients’ own opinion regarding eYcacy after 12 Sir, months Calcipotriol, a vitamin D derivative, has proven to be eVective in the treatment of nail psoriasis (1–4). The Hands (n= 48) Feet (n= 53) purpose of this open study was to evaluate the eYcacy n (%) n (%) and safety of the combined treatment of nail psoriasis Poor 3 (6.2) 6 (11.3 ) with calcipotriol cream and clobetasol propiona...

Twenty Nail Dystrophy (TND) is a rare acquired idiopathic nail dystrophy characterized by excess longitudinal ridging, distal notching, splitting, loss of nail luster and thinning of nail plates that may affect 1 to 20 nails. It occurs as a common manifestation of various dermatoses affecting the nail unit like lichen planus, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, onychomycosis, vitiligo and alopecia ar...

Onychodystrophy represents various pathologic processes of the nails such as infectious and noninfectious disorders including onychomycosis, psoriasis and allergic and irritant dermatitis. Nail changes may also be a clue to other dermatological or systemic diseases. But often it is difficult to establish the diagnosis as most nail changes are unspecific. The purpose of this article is to give a...

In the practice of psoriasis, nail lesions must be accurately evaluated in addition to skin and joint lesions. Scoring with Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (NAPSI) is often used as a tool assess severity but there are several vexing issues. First, calculating NAPSI scores on multiple digits rather time-consuming. Second, vary widely among scoring dermatologists. this study, we developed deep lear...

We report on a case of psoriatic arthritis associated with nail psoriasis that was successfully treated with adalimumab. A 51-year-old Japanese woman presented with joint swelling and pain. She had noticed fingernail deformity five years previously. Swelling and pain of the 2nd and 4th distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints of the left hand had occurred about one year earlier, and had worsened thr...