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Herpes Zoster Reactivation in a 40-Year-Old with Psoriasis

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A 40-year-old male with an 8-year history of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis presented to the clinic after discontinuing his medication following a herpes zoster outbreak 2 months ago. The shingles rash is completely resolved, and he denied residual pain, sensitivity to light touch, itching, or numbness. Before the infection, the patient’s psoriasis was moderately controlled with etanercept. The patient denied experiencing adverse side effects with etanercept. Since stopping the medication, he believed his psoriasis had worsened with new lesions appearing on his face, scalp, and extremities. He was interested in restarting a biologic agent as previous attempts with phototherapy and methotrexate were not beneficial. He was otherwise healthy and did not use other medications. He has a family history of psoriasis.

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  1. Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Stacey Pun

  2. University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, USA

    Mina Amin

  3. Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA

    Daniel J. No

  4. Wu Medical Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jashin J. Wu

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Pun, S., Amin, M., No, D.J., Wu, J.J. (2017). Herpes Zoster Reactivation in a 40-Year-Old with Psoriasis. In: Wu, J. (eds) Clinical Cases in Psoriasis. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52779-6_17

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