Acropustulosis Of Infancy - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

acropustulosis of infancy

Body Site

foot sole

Age

4 months

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 4 months old Afro-American girl developed recurrent intensely pruritic papules, vesicles, and pustules on the soles and sides of her feet and ankles. Several scrapings for scabies were negative, and the eruption went on to clear and recur episodically for months.

Description

symmetric pruritic papules and pustules many with a collarette of scale

Image Added

7/7/2002 11:25:59

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