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psoriasiform

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pso·ri·a·si·form (s-r-s-fôrm)
adj.
Resembling psoriasis.

psoriasiform
a dermatosis resembling psoriasis.

psoriasiform exfoliative dermatosis
an idiopathic disease of cats and dogs characterized by asymptomatic, large, erythematous, irregular, scaly plaques symmetrically disposed over the forelimbs and trunk. A similar disease is also recorded in goats but the lesions are on the face under the belly and on the perineum.
psoriasiform-lichenoid dermatosis
multiple lichenoid, hyperkeratotic papules and plaques begin to appear in young adult English springer spaniel dogs, first on the pinnae, ear canal and inguinal skin and later other areas.


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4 shows the eczematous, psoriasiform rash reminiscent of psoriasis.
The patient's dermatologic condition was diagnosed as psoriasiform dermatitis, having progressed to frank erythroderma with resultant hypothermia, a sepsis-like syndrome, hypotension, hypoalbuminemia, and total cutaneous failure.
The epidermis was hyperkeratotic with foci of psoriasiform hyperplasia and extensive ulceration with scaly crust formation.
 
 
 
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