Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp: Report of Three Cases

Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a chronic cutaneous condition presenting with areas of erosions and pustules, healing with scarring and alopecia. We report three such cases presenting with pus-filled lesions of the scalp with nonspecific pathological changes. This condition is often misd...

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Autores principales: Aithal, Sowmya S., Shilpa, Kanathur, Revathi, T. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9674056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36404881
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_105_21
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description Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a chronic cutaneous condition presenting with areas of erosions and pustules, healing with scarring and alopecia. We report three such cases presenting with pus-filled lesions of the scalp with nonspecific pathological changes. This condition is often misdiagnosed and shows a poor response to antibiotics. Clinical suspicion is of primary importance for early diagnosis and proper treatment.
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spelling pubmed-96740562022-11-19 Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp: Report of Three Cases Aithal, Sowmya S. Shilpa, Kanathur Revathi, T. N. Int J Trichology Case Report Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a chronic cutaneous condition presenting with areas of erosions and pustules, healing with scarring and alopecia. We report three such cases presenting with pus-filled lesions of the scalp with nonspecific pathological changes. This condition is often misdiagnosed and shows a poor response to antibiotics. Clinical suspicion is of primary importance for early diagnosis and proper treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9674056/ /pubmed/36404881 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_105_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 International Journal of Trichology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9674056/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_105_21
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