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Rare Disease

erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp

MONDO:0016379

Overview

Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare chronic inflammation of the scalp usually occurring in elderly women (>70 years old) and characterized by the development of painful pustules, shallow erosions, and crusting on atrophic skin that eventually result in cicatricial alopecia.

Clinical Presentation

Built from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) phenotype annotations and GeneReviews clinical descriptions. Features represent findings documented across known cases — not an exhaustive list of possible symptoms.

Features include very common findings: Abnormal hair morphology, Erythema, and Pustule; and common findings: Scarring alopecia of scalp and Skin erosion.

Organ System	Phenotype Count	Example Features
Skin	3	Scarring alopecia of scalp, Erythema, Skin erosion

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Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp has been reported in the published literature.

Prognosis

Phenotype severity distribution: 3 very common features, 2 common features.

Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp.

17 publications have been identified in PubMed for erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (71%), Review / Meta-Analysis (12%), and Diagnostic / Biomarker (6%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Patient case studies	12	71%

Data assembled from 4 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

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External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:222

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:2188

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erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp

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