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Case Reports
. 2019 Jun 17;191(24):E667.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.181685.

Erosive pustular dermatosis

Christopher Sladden  1 , Rebecca Afford  2
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Case Reports

Erosive pustular dermatosis

Christopher Sladden et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Erosive plaque covered with a thick adherent crust of the scalp in a 73-year-old man, consistent with erosive pustular dermatosis.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
The patient’s scalp after 1 month of treatment with clobetasol 0.05% and fusidic acid 2% ointment applied twice daily. The patient did not follow written instructions for suture removal; however, the sutures serve as a useful marker for re-epithelialization.
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References

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