Psoriasis and hypoparathyroidism

الملخص EN

A 50 - year-old while woman was admitted be-/TL cause of extensive eruptive skin and mucosal lesions and nail involvement associated with fatigue and pallor of two weeks duration.

She had a history of thyroidectomy and hypocalcemia crisis.

Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) was confirmed by biopsy.

She also had nail hyperkeratosis associ¬ated with paronychia, palpable axillary lymphade-nopathy, positive Chvostek's sign, bilateral cataracts and fever, 48 hours after calcium infusion her fever and other symptoms improved Skin, mucosal and nail lesions also gradually subsided.

We concluded that serum calcium should be evaluated in all cases of GPP.