Psoriasis and leprosy are almost mutually exclusive, with the prevalence of psoriasis in leprosy patients being as low as 0.014%. We present a case of a patient of psoriasis who was treated and developed Leprosy. We also did a review on the hypothesis which states that psoriasis protects from clinical progression of leprosy, and that leprosy was contained because of increase in prevalence of psoriasis. This inverse phenomenon is supported from our review but needs genetic and paleoepidemiological confirmation.
BT - Indian journal of medical sciences C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23897572?dopt=Abstract CN - THAWANI 2012 DA - 2012 Sep-Oct DO - 10.4103/0019-5359.115220 IS - 9-10 J2 - Indian J Med Sci LA - eng N2 -Psoriasis and leprosy are almost mutually exclusive, with the prevalence of psoriasis in leprosy patients being as low as 0.014%. We present a case of a patient of psoriasis who was treated and developed Leprosy. We also did a review on the hypothesis which states that psoriasis protects from clinical progression of leprosy, and that leprosy was contained because of increase in prevalence of psoriasis. This inverse phenomenon is supported from our review but needs genetic and paleoepidemiological confirmation.
PY - 2012 SP - 241 EP - 4 T2 - Indian journal of medical sciences TI - Leprosy and psoriasis co-existence. UR - http://www.indianjmedsci.org/temp/IndianJMedSci669241-3769719_102817.pdf VL - 66 SN - 1998-3654 ER -