Nail involvement features in palmoplantar pustulosis

Pathogenesis of palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) is not fully understood and whether PPP is a variant of plaque psoriasis (PsO) is still controversial. Psoriatic nail changes are among the clinical features common to both diseases, and understanding them could lead to the understanding of the correlati...

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Published in:Journal of dermatology 2021-03, Vol.48 (3), p.360-365
Main Authors: Kim, Minsu, Yang, Seungkeol, Kim, Bo Ri, Youn, Sang Woong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Arthritis
Arthritis, Psoriatic
crumbling
Female
Fingers & toes
Gender differences
Humans
Medical records
nail
Nail Diseases - diagnosis
Nail Diseases - etiology
Nails
Nails (Anatomy)
Onycholysis
palmoplantar pustulosis
Pathogenesis
Patients
Psoriasis
Psoriasis - complications
Psoriasis - diagnosis
Psoriasis - epidemiology
Psoriatic arthritis
Pustulosis
Retrospective Studies
Risk factors
Sex ratio
Skin diseases
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Summary:Pathogenesis of palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) is not fully understood and whether PPP is a variant of plaque psoriasis (PsO) is still controversial. Psoriatic nail changes are among the clinical features common to both diseases, and understanding them could lead to the understanding of the correlation between both diseases. However, only limited numbers of studies have reported nail involvement pattern in PPP. In this study, we conducted a retrospective review of the medical records and photographs of patients diagnosed with PPP to understand the nail involvement features in PPP patients. We compared the results with the data from our previous study that analyzed the pattern of nail involvement in PsO. As a result, nail involvement was observed in 66.3% of the patients and its severity was correlated with the severity of cutaneous lesions (r = 0.34, P = 0.01). Onycholysis and crumbling were more frequent in PPP than in PsO. Crumbling was associated with higher severity of PPP (P = 0.01), while onycholysis was associated with lower severity (P = 0.03). In PPP, nail changes in the first digits were less prominent than those in other digits when compared with PsO. Risk factors for nail involvement in PPP included female sex (odds ratio [OR] = 9.44, P 
ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/1346-8138.15716