European Journal of Dermatology
MENUPsoriasis-associated interstitial pneumonia Volume 28, numéro 3, May-June 2018
Illustrations
1 Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2 Department of Dermatology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2018.3264
- Page(s) : 395-6
- Année de parution : 2018
Psoriasis is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory skin disease [1]. Inflammatory processes may extend outside the skin to other organs, therefore it is possible that psoriasis may affect the lungs. However, lung involvement in psoriasis has not been intensively investigated. There are some case reports describing the simultaneous existence of psoriasis and interstitial pneumonia (IP) [2, 3]. However, there are no reports that clearly demonstrate the relationship between psoriasis and IP, partly because [...]