| Tufted hair folliculitis: A case report and literature review. | |
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PMID: 21879202 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Tufted hair folliculitis is a rare folliculitis of the scalp that resolves with patches of scarring alopecia within multiple hair tufts emerging from dilated follicular orifices. Tufting of hair is caused by clustering of adjacent follicular units due to a fibrosing process and to retention of telogen hairs within a dilated follicular orifice. Various pathogenetic mechanisms have been proposed including nevoid abnormalities, recurrent infections of the follicles, and retention of telogen hair in the tufts. We present a patient with tufted hair folliculitis who was effectively treated with antibacterial medications, verifying the infectious nature of the disease. |
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Valentina Broshtilova; Emil Bardarov; Jana Kazandjieva; Sonia Marina |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Panonica, et Adriatica Volume: 20 ISSN: 1581-2979 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Panonica Adriat Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-08-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9422563 Medline TA: Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Panonica Adriat Country: Slovenia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 27-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Street Address, Postal code Sofia, Bulgaria. |
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