[Infantile acropustulosis].
FROM A CLINICAL POINT OF VIEW: Infantile acropustulosis is a rare and little known dermatosis affecting young children. Clinically, it consists of prurigenous vesiculo-pustular lesions characteristically localised on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. NO CONFUSION SHOULD EXIST: The principle differential diagnosis is scabies. The other differential diagnosis is neonatal pustulosis. A CONTROVERSIAL HYPOTHESIS: The aetiopathogenesis is unknown, but some cases of infantile acropustulosis set-in in the course of a genuine scabies, which might suggest a hypersensitivity reaction to Sarcoptes scabiei. It is a benign affection, progressing in flares, occasionally provoking severe pruritus. Treatments are disappointing, and the disease heals spontaneously after a few years.
Mazereeuw-Hautier
Juliette
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Service de dermatologie du Pr Bonafé, Hôpital Rangueil, avenue Jean Poulhes, 31403 Toulouse Cedex 04.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis