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
    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