title: Subcorneal pustular dermatosis treated with phototherapy.
abstract: A 12-year-old boy had a 5-year history of recurrent generalized dermatoses with scales, crusts, and pustules. Histologic findings showed subcorneal blisters filled with polymorphonuclear leukocytes typical of subcorneal pustular dermatosis. Dapsone and prednisolone with a topical fluocinolone acetonide did not produce improvement. The skin lesions cleared completely after 11 exposures of UV-B three times a week. After 8 months of follow-up, there has been no recurrence.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010789:Phototherapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000628:therapy*