Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7692
Authors: Rajan, Aswath
Rudnicka, Lidia
Szepietowski, Jacek C.
Lallas, Aimilios
Rokni, Rahmatpour Ghasem
Grabbe, Stephan
Goldust, Mohamad
Title: Differentiation of frontal fibrosing alopecia and Lichen planopilaris on trichoscopy : a comprehensive review
Online publication date: 7-Sep-2022
Year of first publication: 2022
Language: english
Abstract: Trichoscopy in dermatology has opened up the new concept in overcoming the optical challenge faced clinically. It reveals the diagnostic details to the depth of superficial dermis, and thereby increasing the clinician's diagnostic accuracy and the level of confidence. The importance of trichoscopy in cicatricial alopecia is very evident in the current scenario for its precise diagnosis. The clinical picture in delineating lichen planopilaris (LPP) and frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) from each other and also from other close mimickers such as androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, female patterned hair loss, and other cicatricial alopecia is bewildered due to its varied presentation and co-existence with the above disease. The indecisive comparative findings on histopathology make the situation even more perplexed. In this article, we have reviewed the characteristic trichoscopy patterns that can differentiate LPP and FFA and from their close mimickers.
DDC: 610 Medizin
610 Medical sciences
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 04 Medizin
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7692
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY-NC
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Journal: Journal of cosmetic dermatology
21
6
Pages or article number: 2324
2330
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher place: Oxford
Issue date: 2022
ISSN: 1473-2165
Publisher DOI: 10.1111/jocd.14457
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