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Psoriatic plaque, showing a silvery center surrounded by a reddened border. Psoriasis vulgaris (also known as chronic stationary psoriasis or plaque-like psoriasis) is the most common form and affects 85–90% of people with psoriasis. [12] Plaque psoriasis typically appears as raised areas of inflamed skin covered with silvery-white, scaly ...
Sweet syndrome (SS), or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, [1] [2] is a skin disease characterized by the sudden onset of fever, an elevated white blood cell count, and tender, red, well-demarcated papules and plaques that show dense infiltrates by neutrophil granulocytes on histologic examination.
Psoriasis is a common, chronic, and recurrent inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by circumscribed, erythematous, dry, scaling plaques. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] [ 99 ] Psoriasis vulgaris
Ichthyosis linearis circumflexa is a distinctive skin condition of generalized hyperkeratosis and polycyclic and serpiginous erythematous plaques with a characteristic, migratory, double-edged scale at the margins, and is the typical cutaneous manifestation of Netherton's syndrome. [1]: 496 [2]: 563
Parakeratosis is seen in the plaques of psoriasis and in dandruff. Granular parakeratosis (originally termed axillary granular parakeratosis) is an idiopathic, benign, nondisabling cutaneous disease that manifests with intertriginous erythematous, brown or red, scaly or keratotic papules and plaques. It presents in all age groups and has no ...
The hallmarks of lupus pernio are violaceous or erythematous, indurated plaques that are mostly found on the cheeks and nose in the center of the face. Rarely, lesions may also affect the dorsum of the hands and feet and the ears. [3] The symptoms of lupus pernio range from a few tiny nodules on the nose to vibrant plaques that cover both ...
Papules and plaques of tumid lupus erythematosus can create an annular pattern in certain patients, resembling annular subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE), with less edema at the center. A Blaschkoid distribution, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] scalp involvement resembling alopecia areata , [ 11 ] and periorbital edema are less frequent signs of tumid ...
Patches may have some subtle surface change, such as a fine scale or wrinkling, but although the consistency of the surface is changed, the lesion itself is not palpable. [29] Papule: A papule is a circumscribed, solid elevation of skin, varying in size from less than either 5 [10] or 10 mm in diameter at the widest point. [30]