II. Epidemiology
- Uncommon condition with onset in first year of life
- Affects infants and young children
III. Findings
IV. Differential Diagnosis
V. Management
- Exclude Scabies!
- Symptomatic treatment
- No specific treatments have been found effective and resolves spontaneously over time
VI. Course
- Recurrent episodes of skin outbreaks that become less severe over times
- Resolves without treatment in first 2 to 3 years of life
VII. References
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Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
SnomedCT | 239098009 |
English | infantile acropustulosis, acropustulosis of infancy, Acropustulosis of infancy, Infantile acropustulosis, Acropustulosis of infancy (disorder) |
Spanish | acropustulosis del lactante (trastorno), acropustulosis del lactante, acropustulosis infantil |