Unit:
ΠΜΣ Σύγχρονη διαγνωστική στη Δερματολογία και την ΑλλεργιολογίαLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Liatsopoulou Aikaterini
Supervisors info:
Ρηγόπουλος Δημήτριος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Γρηγορίου Σταμάτης, ΕΔΙΠ, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Βρυώνη Γεωργία, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Ψωρίαση και ονυχομυκητίαση: αναζήτηση επιδημιολογικών δεδομένων
Translated title:
Psoriasis and onychomycosis: epidemiological data research
Summary:
Onychomycosis is the most prevalent nail disease, accounting for up to 50% of all onychopathies. Psoriasis is a frequently encountered skin disorder, with nail involvement being found in up to 80% of the patients at some point in the course of their disease. The differential diagnosis between them is really challenging, as the two diseases share many clinical signs and very often coexist. It has been suggested that onychomycosis occurs more frequently in patients with nail psoriasis. Many theories have been developed regarding the effect they have on one another, but none has been confirmed, as the results of studies in the literature are controversial.
The aim of this paper is to gather all existing information regarding the epidemiological data of coexisting onychomycosis and nail psoriasis, as well as of their relationship and mutual influence.
In order to do that, we studied the existing literature, but also conducted our own survey, in order to compare the results with the international data.
The great differences between the studies’ protocols and the abundance of factors affecting the prevalence of onychomycosis among patients with nail psoriasis render it impossible to draw a final, unanimous conclusion. Further investigation is still needed in order to shed light on the subject.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Nail psoriasis, Onychomycosis, Coexistence, Prevalence, Differential diagnosis
