Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Erythrodermic Pustular Psoriasis Triggered by Subcutaneous Flu Vaccine

Abstract

Arnon Blum, Sajed Suleiman and Rafea Shalabi

A 59-year old man was admitted with severe pustular psoriasis all over his body that was triggered by a flu vaccine injection 8 days before admission. Until then, his psoriasis was under control and was noticed slightly only on extensor tendons of the hands and around the elbows. He was treated with steroids and the skin eruption disappeared slowly within 3 days. This is the first report of a patient with psoriasis who had a flare up of the autoimmune skin disease following vaccination.