erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp
MONDO:0016379Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016379), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
5 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal hair morphologyHPOHP:0001595
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ErythemaHPOHP:0010783
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PustuleHPOHP:0200039
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Scarring alopecia of scalpHPOHP:0004552
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Skin erosionHPOHP:0200041
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of