Does this patient have psoriasis?

Authors: 

KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC—Series Editor
Alberta Children's Hospital

Dr Barber is a consultant dermatologist at Alberta Children's Hospital and clinical associate professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.


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Case 1:
A 17-year-old boy presents with a red, scaly rash on his trunk that began as a single lesion on his left flank. The generalized eruption had developed within 24 to 48 hours. The patient's father has psoriasis.

Does this patient also have psoriasis, or is this skin condition unrelated?

(Answer on next page.)

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