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PMID: 22648224 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Background: Trichoscopy is widely used in differential diagnosis of non-cicatricial alopecia. Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to identify possible characteristic trichoscopy patterns of diseases leading to primary cicatricial alopecia. Methods: Trichoscopy was performed in a total of 1,884 consecutive patients presenting with hair loss. In this group, 84 patients were diagnosed with cicatricial alopecia and 1,800 patients with non-cicatricial alopecia. Sixty healthy persons served as healthy controls. Trichoscopy was performed with the use of Fotofinder II videodermoscopy system. Following unique or characteristic features were identified: scattered dark-brown discoloration of the skin, large yellow dots and thick arborizing vessels in cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus (n=20), tubular perifollicular scaling and elongated blood vessels in lichen planopilaris (n=28), minor perifollicular scaling in frontal fibrosing alopecia (n=19), tufted hairs with starburst pattern perifollicular hyperplasia in folliculitis decalvans (n=9) and large, "3D" yellow dots imposed over dystrophic hairs in dissecting cellulitis (n=8). Results: All patients with cicatricial alopecia trichoscopy showed white and milky-red areas lacking follicular openings. These features were not found in patients with non-cicatricial alopecia or healthy controls. Conclusion: These results indicate that trichoscopy may be applied as a quick and non-invasive auxiliary method in differential diagnosis of diverse diseases leading to cicatricial alopecia, such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus, classic lichen planopilaris, frontal fibrosing alopecia, folliculitis decalvans, and dissecting cellulitis. J Drugs Dermatol. 2012;11(6):753-758. |
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Adriana Rakowska; Monika Slowinska; Elzbieta Kowalska-Oledzka; Olga Warszawik; Joanna Czuwara; Malgorzata Olszewska; Lidia Rudnicka |
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Title: Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD Volume: 11 ISSN: 1545-9616 ISO Abbreviation: J Drugs Dermatol Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-05-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101160020 Medline TA: J Drugs Dermatol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 753-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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