Open AccessErosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp following hair transplantation
Author(s) -
Zabihollah Shahmoradi,
Bahareh AbtahiNaeini,
Mohsen Pourazizi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9175
DOI - 10.4103/2277-9175.139412
Subject(s) - medicine , scalp , dermatology , etiology , scarring alopecia , hair transplantation , atrophy , disease , transplantation , topical steroid , surgery , pathology
Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp (EPDS) is a rare inflammatory disease with unknown etiology that usually occurs in the elderly. It is characterized by multiple sterile pustules, chronic crusted erosions, cicatricial alopecia, and skin atrophy. It typically develops in aged or sun-damaged skin and is most often accompanied by a history of local trauma. Histopathologically, non-specialized change manifests as atrophic epidermis and chronic inflammation. Although this disease mainly occurs in elderly white women, we here report a case of EPDS in a 35-year-old man, following hair transplantation as a local trauma, that was successfully treated with topical steroid