Neonatal Cephalic Pustulosis | Figure 2.1 A: Neonatal pustular melanosis* B: Neonatal cephalic pustulosis (Reprint from Boekhout T, Gueho-Kellerman E, Mayser P, Velegraki A. Malassezia and the Skin. New York, NY: Springer; 2010) C: Subcutaneous fat necrosis* * Reprint from Laxer RM, ed. The Hospital for Sick Children: Atlas of Pediatrics. Philadelphia, PA: Current Medicine; 2005 |
Onset typically within first 30 days; Malassezia spp. implicated in pathogenesis - Presents with erythematous follicular comedones, papules, and pustules on face
- Histology: follicular pustules with neutrophils
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