Multiple lentigines confined to psoriatic plaques induced by biologic agents in psoriasis therapy: a case and review of the literature

Dogan S., Atakan N.

CUTANEOUS AND OCULAR TOXICOLOGY, vol.34, no.3, pp.262-264, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/15569527.2014.959664
  • Journal Name: CUTANEOUS AND OCULAR TOXICOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.262-264
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Multiple lentigines confined to psoriatic plaques is a rare entity, which is more frequently recognized after the use of systemic biologic agents for psoriasis therapy. Although this phenomenon was previously accepted as a postinflammatory reaction, recent observations suggest psoriasis-related cytokines and their efficient supression by biologic agents strongly associate with melanogenesis and melanocytic proliferation. Hereby, we report a patient who developed multiple lentigines arising in resolved psoriatic plaques induced by infliximab and review similar cases reported in the literature induced after biologic treatments of psoriasis.