Yellow dots in trichoscopy: relevance, clinical significance and peculiarities

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 gro...

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Main Authors: Caren dos Santos Lima, Luciana Rodino Lemes, Daniel Fernandes Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017-10-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v92n5/0365-0596-abd-92-05-0724.pdf