The need to comprehend erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is coming to a head

Forty years ago, Pye et al 1 Pye R.J. Peachey R.D.G. Burton J.L. Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp. Br J Dermatol. 1979; 100: 559-566 Google Scholar described “erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp” (EPDS). “All the patients were elderly women who developed chronic, extensive, pustular, crusted and occasionally eroded lesions of the scalp which produced scarring alopecia. Investigations were essentially negative and skin biopsies...