ABSTRACT
Abstract Dissecting cellulitis is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicles that mainly affects young Afro-descendent men. Trichoscopy is a method of great diagnostic value for disorders of the scalp. Clinical and trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis are heterogeneous and may present features common to non-cicatricial and scarring alopecia. This article presents the trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis that help in the diagnosis and consequent institution of the appropriate therapy and better prognosis of the disease.
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Humans , Scalp Dermatoses/diagnostic imaging , Cellulitis/pathology , Cellulitis/diagnostic imaging , Hair Follicle/pathology , Hair Follicle/diagnostic imaging , Dermoscopy/methods , Scalp Dermatoses/pathology , Skin Diseases, Genetic/pathology , Skin Diseases, Genetic/diagnostic imaging , Erythema/diagnosis , Erythema/pathology , Hair/pathology , Hair/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
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 growing importance of trichoscopy and its findings in the evaluation of the scalp, this article describes the main diseases in which yellow dots are a common trichoscopic finding, highlighting its characteristics in each dermatosis.