1979
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb05581.x
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Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp

Abstract: We report six patients with a previously undescribed but characteristic pustular dermatosis confined to the scalp. All the patients were elderly women who developed chronic, extensive, pustular, crusted and occasionally eroded lesions of the scalp which produced scarring alopecia. Investigations were essentially negative and skin biopsies showed only non-specific changes of atrophy and chronic inflammation, sometimes with increased plasma cells in the infiltrate. The condition did not respond to antibiotics, b… Show more

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“…Fue descrita por primera vez por Pye, Peachy y Burton en 1979 1 . Es considerada como un desorden inflamatorio no infeccioso, aunque puede existir sobreinfección con Staphylococcus aureus y Candida albicans 2 .…”
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“…Fue descrita por primera vez por Pye, Peachy y Burton en 1979 1 . Es considerada como un desorden inflamatorio no infeccioso, aunque puede existir sobreinfección con Staphylococcus aureus y Candida albicans 2 .…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Herein we present a case of an erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp on a male patient and a review of the clinical and histological characteristics of this disease. 1 Dermatólogo, Hospital Clínico Regional Concepción, Chile.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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“…erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp -EPDS) to rzadka dermatoza występująca głównie u osób starszych [1]. Charakteryzuje się obecnością krost, nadżerek i strupów.…”
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“…Erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp (EPDS) or amicrobial pustulosis of the scalp (APS) is a rare chronic disorder which was first described in 1979 by Pye et al (1). EPDS or APS is typical of elderly individuals, has unknown etiology, nowadays some authors consider it as a neutrophilic dermatosis and has been included in a recently proposed classification of these diseases (2).…”
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confidence: 99%