Characteristics of Sensitive Scalp in French Women and Comparison With Scalp Dermatoses
ABSTRACT Background A sensitive scalp is a particular location of sensitive skin, characterised by the occurrence of unpleasant sensations which cannot be explained by a skin disease. It is a common syndrome that could affect 30%–50% of women.
Misery Laurent, Brenaut Emilie
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Janus kinase inhibitors as a breakthrough treatment for refractory dissecting cellulitis of the scalp [PDF]
Background: Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DCS) is a rare, chronic neutrophilic dermatosis that is often refractory to conventional therapies. Case report: We present a 29-year-old male with treatment-resistant DCS who achieved rapid and sustained ...
Ali Al-Mamoori +3 more
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Trichoscopic Overlap of Trichotillomania Superseding Alopecia Areata: A Report of Two Cases [PDF]
Trichoscopy is a non invasive tool useful for diagnosis of dermatoses on hair bearing skin. Alopecia Areata (AA) is a common non scarring alopecia with varying aetiologies including autoimmune and genetic factors.
G Sukanya +3 more
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Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings [PDF]
: 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.
Bianca Pinheiro Bousquet Muylaert +3 more
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Cutaneous larva migrans on the scalp: atypical presentation of a common disease [PDF]
Cutaneous larva migrans is a pruritic dermatitis due to the inoculation of helminths larvae in the skin, and it often occurs in children in tropical and subtropical areas.
Carolina Degen Meotti +6 more
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Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp successfully treated with oral prednisone and topical tacrolimus [PDF]
Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp is a rare inflammatory disorder of the scalp, affecting elderly patients after local trauma and leading to scarring or cicatricial alopecia. Case Report: An elderly female patient complained of painful pustules on
Mariana Ribas Zahdi +4 more
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Primary essential cutis verticis gyrata - Case report [PDF]
Cutis verticis gyrata is characterized by excessive formation of scalp skin. It may be primary (essential and nonessential) or secondary. In the primary essential form it presents only folding skin formation on the scalp, mimicking cerebral gyri, without
Jeane Jeong Hoon Yang +4 more
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Folliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris have been considered two distinct cicatricial alopecias. However, biphasic presentation of folliculitis decalvans - lichen planopilaris in the same patient has been recently described, therefore raising the ...
Ana Marcos-Pinto +3 more
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Case of Mental Retardation Associated with Aplasia Cutis Congenita and Skull Defect [PDF]
Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by skin defects involving the epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue, bone, and sometimes dura.
Hyun Chul Cho, Jong Hee Hwang
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Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This bacillus has a high predilection for skin and peripheral nerves. The scalp’s anatomical properties do not favor the development of such mycobacterium.
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