Acropustulosis Of Infancy - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

acropustulosis of infancy

Body Site

foot

Age

6 months

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

scattered

Color

brown

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 6 month old girl has had recurrent episodes of intensely pruritic sterile round 3-5 mm vesicles on her hands and feet for several months. Lesions tend to last for several weeks, heal with post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and recur several weeks later. Her twin brother has had similar episodes. Gram stains, Tzanck smears, and ectoparasite scrapings have been negative. A skin biopsy is pending.

Description

symmetric 3-5 mm vesicles, some crusted over

Image Added

1/6/2002 17:45:08

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