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Cicatricial alopecia

Overview

Cicatricial alopecia presents clinically with the effacement/scarring of follicular orifices, always in a patchy or focal distribution.^[1]

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Cicatricial Alopecia

Causes of noncicatricial alopecia include^[1]^:648^[2]:

Acne necrotica
Alopecia mucinosa
Atrichia with papular lesions
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
Erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp (Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp)
Folliculitis decalvans
Hot comb alopecia
Keratosis pilaris atropicans
Lichen planopilaris
Lupus erythematosus
Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, Dissecting folliculitis, Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens of Hoffman)
Pressure alopecia
Pseudopelade of Brocq (Alopecia cicatrisata)
Sarcoidosis
Traction alopecia
Tufted folliculitis
Tumor alopecia

See also

Noncicatricial alopecia

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). Page 647. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.
↑ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Chapter 3. Saunders. ISBN 0721629210.

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