title: Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp after perinatal scalp injury.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. siegeld@derm.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Dawn H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: Roderic J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Drolet
authors.forename: Nancy B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Esterly
authors.forename: Ilona J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Frieden
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*