Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings

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...

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Autores principales: Muylaert, Bianca Pinheiro Bousquet, Borges, Mayara Trindade, Michalany, Alexandre Ozores, Scuotto, Camila Raposo Cabral
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29641708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186493
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author Muylaert, Bianca Pinheiro Bousquet
Borges, Mayara Trindade
Michalany, Alexandre Ozores
Scuotto, Camila Raposo Cabral
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description 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 pubmed-58713732018-03-29 Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings Muylaert, Bianca Pinheiro Bousquet Borges, Mayara Trindade Michalany, Alexandre Ozores Scuotto, Camila Raposo Cabral An Bras Dermatol Case Report 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. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5871373/ /pubmed/29641708 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186493 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way.
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Lichen simplex chronicus on the scalp: exuberant clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological findings
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 Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871373/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186493
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