Siegel Dawn H, Holland Kristen, Phillips Roderic J, Drolet Beth A, Esterly Nancy B, Frieden Ilona J
Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2006 Nov-Dec;23(6):533-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00304.x.
We report four infants born with necrotic caput succedaneum that led to a scarring alopecia with ongoing inflammation and persistent scale-crust. These lesions did not significantly improve with topical or oral antibiotics, but did respond somewhat to topical corticosteroids. Alopecia with chronic erosive scale-crust and a moderate response to topical corticosteroids are findings consistent with a diagnosis of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp.
