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Childhood-onset psoriatic onycho-pachydermo-periostitis treated successfully with infliximab Volume 25, numéro 5, September-October 2015

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Auteurs
1 Department of Dermatology
2 Department of Pediatrics,
Iwate Medical University School of Medicine,
19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka 020-8505,
Japan

An 8-year-old girl presented with a two-year history of nail changes and alopecia areata on the scalp. Although the alopecia was improved by topical applications of corticosteroids, nail changes developed on all fingers and toes. After six months, all fingers and toes showed redness and swelling; physical examination revealed onycholysis with subungueal debris (figure 1A). Erythematous swelling of the soft tissues of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint was evident on all fingers and toes, which [...]