Trichotillomania: a case report with clinical and dermatoscopic differential diagnosis with alopecia areata

ABSTRACT Trichotillomania is a psychodermatologic disorder characterized by uncontrollable urge to pull one's own hair. Differential diagnoses include the most common forms of alopecia such as alopecia areata. It is usually associated with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Trichotil...

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Main Authors: Ana Cecília Versiani Duarte Pinto, Tatiana Cristina Pedro Cordeiro de Andrade, Fernanda Freitas de Brito, Gardênia Viana da Silva, Maria Lopes Lamenha Lins Cavalcante, Antonio Carlos Ceribelli Martelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017-02-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v92n1/0365-0596-abd-92-01-0118.pdf