The Successful Treatment of a Case of Linear Psoriasis with Ixekizumab

Table 1

Summary of reported cases of linear psoriasis treated with a biological agent.

Authors (year)	Gender	Age	Distribution of linear psoriasis (LP)	Other features	Biological agent used and outcome
Colombo et al. (2011) [3]	Male	67 years	Middle of ventral trunk and left side of arm, hand, thigh, knee, and tibia	Psoriatic arthritis and diffuse plaque psoriasis. Failed to respond to acitretin, cyclosporine, and methotrexate	Plaque psoriasis responded to etanercept but not LP
Rott et al. (2007) [10]	Male	11 years	Left side of the body	Psoriatic arthritis, nail changes. Failed methotrexate, cyclosporine and etanercept	Psoriatic arthritis responded to infliximab but not LP
Sfia et al. (2009) [11]	Male	29 years	Left arm and left leg	Additional psoriatic plaques on the body	Psoriatic plaques responded to infliximab but not LP
Arnold et al. (2010) [12]	Male	50 years	Left flank	Diffuse plaque psoriasis. Failed to respond to topical steroids, PUVA, UVB, cyclosporine, and etanercept	Plaque psoriasis responded to adalimumab but not LP
Weng and Tsai (2017) [13]	Male	27 years	Right upper arm, shoulder, and back	In addition to plaque psoriasis. Failed to respond to methotrexate, acitretin, topical vitamin D3 analogs and steroids	Plaque psoriasis responded to ustekinumab but not LP
Ghoneim et al. (2017)	Female	25 years	Dorsum of right hand, forearm and arm, and suprapubic region, left thigh and occiput	Failed topical high-potency steroids	Linear psoriasis responded favorably to 8 doses of ixekizumab