2017
DOI: 10.5114/reum.2017.66687
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Nail psoriasis – what a rheumatologist should know about

Abstract: Psoriasis is a chronic recurrent inflammatory skin disease with prevalence of 1–3%. Nail psoriasis affects 10–90% of patients with plaque psoriasis.The aim of the article is to review the literature for the correlation between nail psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) to provide rheumatologists a short review on features of nail psoriasis, methods of their assessment and possible clinical repercussions.The PubMed database was searched using the key words ‘nail psoriasis’ and ‘psoriatic arthritis’. Psoriasis… Show more

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“…Nails are skin appendages. If psoriasis involves the nail matrix, nail psoriasis shows up as changes in the nail plate such as pitting, Beau lines, leukonychia, red spots in the lunula, and nail plate crumbling [15]. Nail psoriasis is accompanied by onychomycosis in up to 27% of cases [14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nails are skin appendages. If psoriasis involves the nail matrix, nail psoriasis shows up as changes in the nail plate such as pitting, Beau lines, leukonychia, red spots in the lunula, and nail plate crumbling [15]. Nail psoriasis is accompanied by onychomycosis in up to 27% of cases [14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogenous condition with musculoskeletal involvement, manifesting as a variety of symptoms including arthritis, dactylitis, enthesitis and axial involvement (Coates and Helliwell, 2017 ). In addition to musculoskeletal symptoms, patients with PsA have other symptoms such as nail disease, which affects between 63% and 83% of patients (Nieradko‐Iwanicka, 2017 ). Along with the varied nature of symptoms, the repercussions on patients are equally as diverse.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%