Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics

Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare inflammatory skin disorder that most commonly affects the elderly with androgenic alopecia. It is characterized by painless crusted erosions that usually appear following a traumatic event. It has been associated with several autoimmune diseases and...

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Autores principales: Almheiri, Shamma Khamis, Almrzooqi, Esmaeel Alsayed Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Geriatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45913
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description Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare inflammatory skin disorder that most commonly affects the elderly with androgenic alopecia. It is characterized by painless crusted erosions that usually appear following a traumatic event. It has been associated with several autoimmune diseases and commonly responds to high-potency topical steroids.This report presents a rare case of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp in an 84-year-old man who presented to our clinic.
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spelling pubmed-105992142023-10-26 Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics Almheiri, Shamma Khamis Almrzooqi, Esmaeel Alsayed Mohamed Cureus Geriatrics Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare inflammatory skin disorder that most commonly affects the elderly with androgenic alopecia. It is characterized by painless crusted erosions that usually appear following a traumatic event. It has been associated with several autoimmune diseases and commonly responds to high-potency topical steroids.This report presents a rare case of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp in an 84-year-old man who presented to our clinic. Cureus 2023-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10599214/ /pubmed/37885526 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45913 Text en Copyright © 2023, Almheiri et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Geriatrics
Almheiri, Shamma Khamis
Almrzooqi, Esmaeel Alsayed Mohamed
Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics
title Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics
title_full Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics
title_fullStr Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics
title_full_unstemmed Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics
title_short Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp in a Patient With Vitiligo Successfully Treated With Topical Antibiotics
title_sort erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp in a patient with vitiligo successfully treated with topical antibiotics
topic Geriatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45913
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