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Abstract : Psoriasis is a common disease in skin with the association of multiple conditions for coexistence. Psoriatic arthritis is the most prevalent condition of coexistence. Psoriatic Arthritis is observed among 30% of patients with psoriasis and it’s characterized by a diverse clinical feature and hence it results in the delay of diagnosis and treatment. Initial reports on psoriatic arthritis emphasized the fact that a pattern observed in most patients, but at present it was identified that the patients suffering from psoriatic arthritis lose their quality of life due to impaired function of organs. In this review the focuses were on epidemiologic and pathophysiological characteristics of psoriatic arthritis to help clinicians to recognize the appropriate condition of psoriatic arthritis.