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Erosive Pustular Dermatosis (erosive + pustular_dermatosi)

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Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, Issue 11 2009
Miguel Allevato MD
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Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp: a successful treatment with photodynamic therapy

PHOTODERMATOLOGY, PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE, Issue 1 2010
Teresa Meyer
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. [source]

Localized erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp at the site of a cochlear implant: successful treatment with topical tacrolimus

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 5 2009
A. V. Marzano
Summary Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp (EPDS) is a rare form of nonmicrobial pustulosis mainly occurring in elderly patients with long-term sun damage to the skin. Clinically, it is characterized by pustular lesions that progressively merge into erosive and crusted areas over the scalp. The histology of EPDS is nonspecific, and its pathophysiology remains undetermined, with various types of local trauma possibly acting as the triggering factor. We describe a 24-year-old woman who developed EPDS after cochlear implant surgery for profound sensorineural hearing loss. We speculate that either the cutaneous surgery during cochlear implantation or the skin inflammation that commonly occurs near the magnet might have triggered the disorder. It is of note that the patient's skin lesions healed completely after treatment with topical tacrolimus, a relatively novel immunosuppressive molecule. Thus, topical tacrolimus may be indicated as a therapeutic alternative to the widely used steroids for this disease, mainly to avoid steroid-related cutaneous atrophy. [source]

Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp after gefitinib and radiotherapy for brain metastases secondary to lung cancer

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 1 2008
C.-Y. Wu
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Localized erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp at the site of a cochlear implant: successful treatment with topical tacrolimus

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, Issue 5 2009
A. V. Marzano
Summary Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp (EPDS) is a rare form of nonmicrobial pustulosis mainly occurring in elderly patients with long-term sun damage to the skin. Clinically, it is characterized by pustular lesions that progressively merge into erosive and crusted areas over the scalp. The histology of EPDS is nonspecific, and its pathophysiology remains undetermined, with various types of local trauma possibly acting as the triggering factor. We describe a 24-year-old woman who developed EPDS after cochlear implant surgery for profound sensorineural hearing loss. We speculate that either the cutaneous surgery during cochlear implantation or the skin inflammation that commonly occurs near the magnet might have triggered the disorder. It is of note that the patient's skin lesions healed completely after treatment with topical tacrolimus, a relatively novel immunosuppressive molecule. Thus, topical tacrolimus may be indicated as a therapeutic alternative to the widely used steroids for this disease, mainly to avoid steroid-related cutaneous atrophy. [source]