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Trichoscopy findings in dissecting cellulitis

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (5), 2019
Abstract Dissecting cellulitis is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicles that mainly affects young Afro-descendent men. Trichoscopy is a method of great diagnostic value for disorders of the scalp. Clinical and trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis are heterogeneou...

Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (1), 2018
Abstract: Lichen simplex chronicus is a skin disease that mostly affects female patients, with a peak incidence between ages 35 and 50 years. On the scalp, it appears as a single or multiple oval lesions, showing scaling and hair shaft loss or breakage. An important dermoscopic feature of the disease are...

Yellow dots in trichoscopy: relevance, clinical significance and peculiarities

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5), 2017
Abstract: Yellow dots are follicular ostium filled with keratin and/or sebum. Initially, they were exclusively associated with alopecia areata. Currently they have also been described in androgenetic alopecia, chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus, and dissecting cellulitis. Due to the growing ...