[Infantile acropustulosis].

Infantile acropustulosis starts in the first few months of life with the recurrent appearance of pruritic intraepidermal pustules containing neutrophils. Predilection sites are the hands and feet. Episodes of pustular eruptions lasting from 8 to 14 days are followed by longer intervals with no symptoms. However, some infants present with skin lesions more widely distributed over the body and with eosinophils as a major constituent of the pustules. In these cases differentiation from other eosinophilic pustular dermatoses of infancy, e.g., the pustular variant of toxic erythema, eosinophilic pustular folliculitis, and transient neonatal pustular melanosis, may become difficult. The etiology of infantile acropustulosis is unknown. The disease clears up spontaneously within the first few years of life. In some cases DADPS therapy has been of benefit.