Facial psoriasis in a mask-like distribution

Cameron M B Zachary^{1

2}, Annika Belzer³, Nathan P Fackler^{1

2}, Jessica Shiu², Janellen Smith², Ruby Ghadially⁴

Affiliations

¹ Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
² Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, California.
³ Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California.

Case Reports

Cameron M B Zachary et al. JAAD Case Rep. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 24:7:128-130.

doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.11.013. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Cameron M B Zachary^{1

2}, Annika Belzer³, Nathan P Fackler^{1

2}, Jessica Shiu², Janellen Smith², Ruby Ghadially⁴

¹ Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
² Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, California.
³ Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California.

No abstract available

Keywords: PASI score; PASI, Psoriasis Area Severity Index; adalimumab; facial psoriasis; inflammation; psoriasis; skin.

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