Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a unique inflammatory arthritis due to the fact that patients have to deal not only with pain but also with their skin appearance, which may have a detrimental effect on their everyday lives and psychology. Treating a patient with PsA, improving both the musculoskeletal and skin symptoms is a challenge for the clinical rheumatologist. In this case, we present a patient of recalcitrant PsA to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) who had an exceptional improvement after administration of the interleukin-17A inhibitor (IL-17Ai) secukinumab.
