Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp with Urate-Like Crystals

Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp with Urate-Like Crystals

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Follicular urate-like crystals were first described in Necrotizing Infundibular Crystalline Folliculitis (NICF), a gtech brush bar rare cutaneous disorder with multiple waxy folliculocentric papules.Similar crystal accumulation may be seen within follicular infundibulae as an incidental finding.We describe a case showing identical crystals occurring within the horn-like crusts of a patient with erosive pustular dermatosis of Canvas Mesh Athletic Running Shoes the scalp (EPDS), a condition which due to its presentation can often be mistaken for nonmelanoma skin cancer.A brief overview of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp (EPDS) is presented in this paper.