Sacroiliac joints in chronic dermatoses.

In 34 patients with different chronic skin diseases (including eczemas, lichen ruber, erythrodermia, pyodermia, pemphigus erythematosus, vasculitis, parapsoriasis varioliformis, scleroderma adultorum Buschke, prophyria cutanea tarda, rosacea, dermatomyositis, erythematodes chronicus discoides and indurative tuberculosis), X-ray studies revealed sacroiliac-changes consistent with a low-grade inflammation. This oteoarthritis slightly differs from the patterns disclosed earlier by the same authors in psoriatic patients, lacking any clinical bone or joint symptoms. So far, it has not been possible to explain their nature, cause or development.