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Folliculitis Decalvans

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Trichoscopy of active folliculitis decalvans shows tufted hairs surrounded by perifollicular hyperplasia, which may be arranged in a starburst pattern (starburst sign). Other common trichoscopic features of active disease include yellowish tubular scaling and follicular pustules with emerging hair shafts in their midpart. In longstanding lesions, white and milky red areas lacking follicular openings predominate.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, CSK MSW, Warsaw, Poland

    Adriana Rakowska & Joanna Czuwara

  2. Department of Dermatopathology, St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

    Catherine Stefanato

  3. Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Malgorzata Olszewska

  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Lidia Rudnicka

  5. Department of Dermatology, CSK MSW, Woloska 137, Warsaw, 02-502, Poland

    Lidia Rudnicka

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    Malgorzata Olszewska

  3. CSK MSWiA, Woloska 107, Warsaw, 02-507, Poland

    Adriana Rakowska

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Rakowska, A., Stefanato, C., Czuwara, J., Olszewska, M., Rudnicka, L. (2012). Folliculitis Decalvans. In: Rudnicka, L., Olszewska, M., Rakowska, A. (eds) Atlas of Trichoscopy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4486-1_24

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