BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, and recurrent @entity66 . In the C  te d'Ivoire, it is about 0.75% of dermatology cases. Psoriasis care is challenging in elderly @entity1 . We aimed to show its specificities related to the sociodemographic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects, and follow-up in geriatric @entity1 . METHODS: Cross-sectional and descriptive study over a period of 10 years (January 2004-December 2013). RESULTS: The prevalence of @entity1 60 years of age and older was about 0.1% (47 of 46,623 cases). The average age was 67    1 years ranging from 60 to 85 years. The sex ratio was 1 : 9 in favor of @entity1 . The average time course of @entity1569 was 25    2 months. Comorbidity was found in 27 cases (57.5%). The most observed type of @entity1569 in our study was chronic @entity1569 in 51.1% of cases. We found severe cases of @entity1569 in 25.5% of cases. More than 10% of the body surface area was affected in 27.6% of cases. We used topical treatments in the majority of cases (83%). The course of @entity1569 under treatment was good in 63.8% of cases, and only 6.4% of cases were worsening. CONCLUSION: Topical agents could be the first-line treatment in geriatric @entity1 in poor countries. If necessary, systemic agents should be used by taking into account the severity of @entity1569 , presence of comorbidity factors, immune system level, and lifestyle.

Psoriasis in elderly XXXX in the C  te d'Ivoire: socio-demographic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects, and follow-up.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'men'] @entity1569 :: ('MESH:D011565', 'Disease') :: ['psoriasis', 'plaque psoriasis'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['dermatological disease']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
