Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp after perinatal scalp injury.
We report four infants born with necrotic caput succedaneum that led to a scarring alopecia with ongoing inflammation and persistent scale-crust. These lesions did not significantly improve with topical or oral antibiotics, but did respond somewhat to topical corticosteroids. Alopecia with chronic erosive scale-crust and a moderate response to topical corticosteroids are findings consistent with a diagnosis of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp.
Siegel
Dawn H
DH
Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. siegeld@derm.ucsf.edu
Holland
Kristen
K
Phillips
Roderic J
RJ
Drolet
Beth A
BA
Esterly
Nancy B
NB
Frieden
Ilona J
IJ
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*