Clinical case of psoriasis in an HIV-positive patient

Modern ideas about psoriasis are becoming wider, while the incidence of this dermatosis is increasing every year. Psoriasis does not seem to be just a skin pathological process, since the basis of this disease is the development of chronic systemic immune inflammation resulting from the launch of a complex cascade of immune reactions with impaired activity of T-lymphocytes and the production of various pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines.

The course of psoriatic disease has its own characteristics in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus. The peculiarities of the course of psoriasis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus require a personalized approach in therapy.

This article describes a clinical case of psoriasis in a patient with newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus. The stages of the diagnostic search for HIV infection are described. To confirm the diagnosis of psoriasis, a pathohistological examination of a skin biopsy was performed, as well as additional laboratory and instrumental studies. The main features of the course of psoriatic disease in an HIV-positive patient are demonstrated: a combination of several clinical forms of the disease, severe severity, lack of necessary positive dynamics against the background of external and basic anti-inflammatory forms of therapy.