Resolution of psoriasis after tonsillectomy

Jameson Loyal; Sara Flores; Ali Alikhan

Resolution of psoriasis after tonsillectomy

Dermatol Online J. 2017 Feb 16;23(2):13030/qt3043t0mq.

Authors

Jameson Loyal¹, Sara Flores, Ali Alikhan

Affiliation

¹ University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. Jameson.Loyal@med.uvm.edu.

PMID: 28329505

Abstract

A 19-year-old woman experienced recalcitrantpsoriasis after streptococcal pharyngitis. Multipletreatment regimens were employed, but results werepoor until after the patient underwent tonsillectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
Facial Dermatoses / therapy*
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Pharyngitis / complications*
Psoriasis / etiology
Psoriasis / therapy*
Recurrence
Remission Induction
Scalp Dermatoses / therapy*
Streptococcal Infections / complications*
Thalidomide / analogs & derivatives
Thalidomide / therapeutic use
Tonsillectomy*
Tonsillitis / complications
Tonsillitis / surgery*
Treatment Failure
Ultraviolet Therapy*
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Glucocorticoids
Thalidomide
apremilast