Infantile acropustulosis
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Abstract
Infantile acropustulosis (IA) is a benign cutaneous disease that affects infants in their first years of life and is characterized by recurrent crops of very pruriginous vesicles, papules and pustules with a mainly acral distribution. It is self-resolving. Its etiology is unknown but it has been associated to scabies. There are many different therapeutic options being topical steroids the most widely used.
We performed a retrospective study of 22 patients diagnosed as IA at our institution during 12 years. We analyzed epidemiologic, clinical and therapeutic characteristics. 63.64% were female,
symptoms started in a mediam of around 11 months old. Eight patients had been previously treated as scabies, with only three patients having a confirmed diagnosis. Treatment consisted of topical steroids plus antihistamines during each outbreak
(Dermatol Argent 2010;16(4):268-271).
Keywords: infantile acropustulosis, infantile pustulosis, sterile pustulosis
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