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Record W4405994986 · doi:10.1177/2050313x241307126

A case of treatment-resistant erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp

2025· article· en· W4405994986 on OpenAlexaff
Zahra Rehan, Tracey Brown‐Maher

Bibliographic record

VenueSAGE Open Medical Case Reports · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
Canadian institutionsMemorial University of Newfoundland
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMedicineDermatologyScalpPyoderma gangrenosumScarring alopeciaIsotretinoinRefractory (planetary science)DiseasePathologyAcne

Abstract

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Erosive pustular dermatosis is a rare and chronic inflammatory condition of the scalp which can be mistaken for cutaneous malignancy, precancerous lesions, dermatitis or pyoderma gangrenosum. The recurrent and resistant characteristics of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp pose a challenge to successful management and remission of the condition. The purpose of this case report is to provide management options and treatment recommendations for refractory cases of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp. We report a case of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp that proved resistant to treatment, with various therapeutic modalities explored to address the persistent condition. In our patient, multiple treatment modalities included topical and oral corticosteroids, topical and oral antibiotics, topical vitamin D analogue, topical calcineurin inhibitor and oral isotretinoin. Based on our findings, refractory disease progression of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp may be more responsive to combination therapy rather than monotherapy.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Case report · Consensus signal: Case report
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.006

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0020.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0030.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.318
Teacher spread0.303 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designCase report
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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