title: Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp successfully treated with oral prednisone and topical tacrolimus.
abstract: Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare inflammatory disorder of the scalp, affecting elderly patients after local trauma and leading to scarring or cicatricial alopecia.
  
  
  METHODS
  An elderly female patient complained of painful pustules on the parietal region bilaterally with progressive enlargement and ulceration. A biopsy suggested erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp and the patient was treated with prednisone 40 mg/day and 0.1% topical tacrolimus. After 10 weeks complete closure of the eroded areas was observed and a stable scarring alopecia developed.
authors.affiliation: Teaching Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, CuritibaPR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana Ribas
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zahdi
authors.forename: Gabriela Bestani
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: Vanessa Cristina
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Camila Fernanda Novak Pinheiro de
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Fabiane Andrade
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mulinari-Brenner
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011241:Prednisone; D016559:Tacrolimus