Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis

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Introduction In December, 1956, Sneddon and Wilkinson1 described six patients who had a bullous dermatitis which resembled dermatitis herpetiformis in many of its clinical features but which was characterized by the presence of subcorneal pustular vesicles. They believed that these patients had a distinct and new syndrome and used the name subcorneal pustular dermatosis. Five of their six patients were female. Their ages ranged between 41 and 68 years and the disease had persisted from three months to nine years. Characteristically, the axillae, groin, abdomen, and flexor aspects of the proximal parts of the limbs had been affected by recurrent waves of milky or pustular vesicles which formed irregular groups of annular or gyrate lesions. The individual lesions often appeared on a slight erythematous flare, were oval, rapidly increased in size, became flaccid, and dried to form a very thin superficial crust. A

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