TLDR Erosive pustular dermatosis is a rare skin disease that's hard to treat and affects the scalp or legs.
Erosive pustular dermatosis was a rare, noninfectious disease affecting the scalp or legs, characterized by crusts, atrophy, and pustules, and could lead to secondary cicatricial alopecia. The differential diagnosis included a wide range of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic dermatoses. Treatment was challenging, with topical drugs providing improvement but rarely complete resolution, and surgery sometimes exacerbating the condition, although it achieved complete remission in male patients in this study.
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January 2019 in “Elsevier eBooks” Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare condition that causes scarring hair loss, mainly in older women, and requires ongoing treatment.
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January 2012 in “Case reports in dermatological medicine” An 84-year-old man got a rare scalp condition from using imiquimod cream, which was cured with systemic steroids.
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January 2012 in “Dermatology” 22 citations,
September 2011 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Topical tacrolimus can effectively treat erosive pustular dermatosis and related hair loss.
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March 2009 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” A 93-year-old woman developed a rare scalp condition after therapy, which improved with steroids, not antibiotics.
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November 2007 in “Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery” Topical tacrolimus effectively treated scalp lesions, reversed skin atrophy, and promoted hair growth.
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May 1979 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Topical steroids can manage chronic scalp pustules in elderly women.
