%0 Journal Article
%T Remisi¨®n de la psoriasis luego de bypass g¨¢strico
%A Far¨ªas N
%A Mar¨ªa Magdalena
%A Concha R
%A Marcela
%A de la Cruz F
%A Claudia
%J Revista chilena de cirug¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-40262012000200014
%X psoriasis is a frequent skin disease affecting 1-3% of the population. recent studies have found that psoriasis is linked to higher rate of obesity, and that obesity itself is a risk factor for the development and severity of psoriasis. the common link between psoriasis and obesity may be a state of chronic inflammation, including elevated serum levels of cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor. consequently, weight loss has been proposed as a useful adjunctive therapy for obese patients with psoriasis. we present a 43-year old man with body mass index greater than 40kg/m2 who had marked improvement in his psoriasis after roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery. weight loss following bariatric surgery could play a role on the treatment for psoriasis on morbid obese patients.
%K psoriasis
%K bariatric surgery
%K gastric bypass
%K weight loss.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-40262012000200014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en