Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp: a successful treatment with photodynamic therapy.
Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp (EPDS) is a rare inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology that usually occurs in the elderly. It is characterized by sterile pustules, chronic crusted erosions, cicatricial alopecia, and skin atrophy. The histopathology is nonspecific, and its pathophysiology remains undetermined, with various types of local trauma possibly acting as the triggering factor. We describe a case of EPDS in a 75-year-old female in whom there was a marked response to photodynamic therapy with methyl 5-aminolaevulinic acid.
Meyer
Teresa
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Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University Hospital, Malaga, Spain. meyergonzalez@hotmail.com
López-Navarro
Norberto
N
Herrera-Acosta
Enrique
E
Jose
Aguilera
A
Herrera
Enrique
E
D000287:Administration, Topical; D000368:Aged; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C475457:methyl 5-aminolevulinate; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid