PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Hamdi, Khalil I.
TI  - Psoriasis. Modes of presentations among children in southern Iraq
DP  - 2008 Jun 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 892--895
VI  - 29
IP  - 6
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/29/6/892.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/29/6/892.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2008 Jun 01; 29
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To elucidate on the presentation of psoriasis among children in southern Iraq.METHODS: This is an outpatient based, cross sectional clinical study, that was carried out in the Dermatology Department of Basra Teaching Hospital, Basra, Iraq, from April 2004 to June 2007, where a total of 104 psoriatic children were enrolled in the study. They were 59 females and 45 males, with a mean age of 6.8 years.RESULTS: Among 104 psoriatic children, the study showed that scalp 20.2%, guttate 17.3%, and flexural psoriasis involving the napkin area 14.4% or one or more of the body flexures, were the common modes of presentation reported in most cases. Many other atypical forms were also reported, and many aggravating factors were recognized.CONCLUSION: Psoriasis should be considered in any child with chronic recurrent skin lesion with poor response to treatment, particularly if it is atypical.