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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis
Contributor:
Maul, Julia-Tatjana;
Carraro, Sabina;
Stierlin, Johanna;
Geiges, Michael L.;
Navarini, Alexander A.
Published:
S. Karger AG, 2015
Published in:
Case Reports in Dermatology, 7 (2015) 3, Seite 249-252
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1159/000439583
ISSN:
1662-6567
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
The making of wax moulages was an exclusive and sought-after art that was primarily used for teaching, but also to document clinical and laboratory research during the first half of the 20th century. Applying the technique of moulage-making to document a case of psoriasis improvement for posterity, a moulage of the trunk of a patient with psoriasis vulgaris was taken prior to treatment with biologics - adalimumab, a TNF-α antagonist - and again 3 month after adalimumab was first given. Our modern moulage shows in the most realistic way the science-driven improvement of psoriasis achievable nowadays with biologics. However, the real clinical picture of the disease is shrouded by showing only one detail of the patient - by accident the one with the best clinical improvement. All available techniques to document skin disease have advantages and limitations and nothing beats seeing live patients.