Dermoscopic Findings in Psoriasis before and after Treatment | ||||
Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||||
Volume 31, Issue 4, October 2020, Page 144-151 PDF (351.01 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2022.217555 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Amal T. Abdel-Rahman1; Mohammad A. El Khayyat2; Dalia Essawy M. Essawy1 | ||||
1Department of Dermatology Andrology and STDs, Faculty of Medicine, MiniaUniversity, Egypt | ||||
2Department of Dermatoltogy Andrology and STDs, Faculty of Medicine, MiniaUniversity, Egyp | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, it has been assumed that dermoscopy might also be useful for monitoring the response of psoriasis to systemic drugs by providing early signs of response to treatment and by revealing residual disease or recurrence before it becomes clinically evident, Aim and objectives: the aim of the study was to evaluate and to compare the dermoscopic findings in patients with psoriasis lesions before and after treatments with corticosteroids and with narrow band ultra violet bands (UVB), Subjects and methods:this was a case control study that was conducted on 30 patients with psoriasis divided into equal groups Group I: included 15 patients having narrow band(UVB) sessions twice weekly. Group II: included 15 patients having topical Elcon (Mometasonefurate) ointment twice daily, Results: the results revealed that Mean ± SD. of PASI score before treatment in group 1 is 23.43 ± 8.09 and in group II is17.70 ± 7.40, and there was no statistical significant difference between two groups as regard PASI score before & after treatmentandthere was highly statistical significant between before and after treatment as regard PASI score in both group I and group II, Conclusion: both narrow band ultra violet bands (UVB) and corticosteroids affect PASI score significantly Also we can clarify that the improvement in PASI score was more predominant in Narrowband ultraviolet-B. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
PASI; Corticosteroids; Narrow Band Ultra Violet Bands; Psoriasis; Inflammatory | ||||
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