| Disease | A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN HAD HAD PSORIASIS FROM AGE 7 YEARS. HE HAD USED VARIOUS TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROIDS AND, MORE RECENTLY, TOPICAL CALCIPOTRIOL, WITH LITTLE BENEFIT. HE THEN TRIED A PROPRIETARY NON-PRESCRIPTION CREAM CALLED PSORIGON. HIS PSORIASIS
IMPROVED DURING THE 1ST MONTH OF TREATMENT, BUT THEREAFTER, THE CREAM APPEARED TO WORSEN HIS PSORIASIS AND CAUSE PRURITUS. AFTER 5 WEEKS OF TREATMENT, HE STOPPED USING PSORIGON. ON EXAMINATION, HE HAD WIDESPREAD PSORIASIS WITH SUPERIMPOSED
ECZEMA. A POTENT TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROID WAS PRESCRIBED AND HE WAS PATCH TESTED TO THE EUROPEAN STANDARD SERIES, A CORTICOSTEROID SERIES AND PSORIGON CREAM AS IS. ON D4, HE SHOWED A ++ REACTION TO PSORIGON, ALL OTHER ALLERGENS BEING NEGATIVE. |