A 53-year-old man with a long history of psoriasis (more than 20 years) was presented for the further management of worsening pruritis and psoriatic lesions. His lesions did not respond well to topical calcipotriene and betamethasone. Systemic treatment with fumaric acid and methotrexate was discontinued because of the side effects. He reported that three weeks before the presentation, he had undergone an ECG, and lesions appeared where ECG electrodes were placed.
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