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Guttate flare of plaque psoriasis

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Link to WHO Definition

Guttate flare of plaque psoriasis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/249076263

Acute exacerbation of psoriasis with widespread guttate papules in individual with existing plaque psoriasis. It is typically triggered by streptococcal infection. It is to be distinguished from unstable psoriasis and from forms of stable chronic plaque psoriasis in which small papules may predominate.