Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings
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 diseas...
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| author | Bianca Pinheiro Bousquet Muylaert Mayara Trindade Borges Alexandre Ozores Michalany Camila Raposo Cabral Scuotto |
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| description | 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 the "broom fibers." Histopathology reveals the "hamburger" and the "gear wheel" signs. The aim of this report is to demonstrate a case of lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp with typical and exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cec940305c34fcd9aba60e65031c77c2022-12-21T21:28:56ZengSociedade Brasileira de DermatologiaAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia0365-05962018-02-0193110811010.1590/abd1806-4841.20186493Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findingsBianca Pinheiro Bousquet MuylaertMayara Trindade BorgesAlexandre Ozores MichalanyCamila Raposo Cabral ScuottoAbstract: 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 the "broom fibers." Histopathology reveals the "hamburger" and the "gear wheel" signs. The aim of this report is to demonstrate a case of lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp with typical and exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962018000100108&tlng=enDermoscopyLichenScalpScalp dermatoses |
| spellingShingle | Bianca Pinheiro Bousquet Muylaert Mayara Trindade Borges Alexandre Ozores Michalany Camila Raposo Cabral Scuotto Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia Dermoscopy Lichen Scalp Scalp dermatoses |
| title | Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings |
| title_full | Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings |
| title_fullStr | Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings |
| title_short | Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings |
| title_sort | lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp exuberant clinical dermoscopic and histopathological findings |
| topic | Dermoscopy Lichen Scalp Scalp dermatoses |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962018000100108&tlng=en |
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