From the Department of Dermatology, Razi hospital, Rasht, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Abstract: (3431 Views)
A 28 year old albino man presented with a cicatricial alopecic plaque on the
vertex. The patient had multiple hairs emerging from a single dilated follicular
opening. Following inflammatory changes, new tufted hair appeared in spite of
several periods of antibiotic treatment, and the disorder followed a relapsing and
destructive course.
Tufted hair folliculitis (THF) is a relapsing localized inflammatory disease of
the scalp. Unfortunately, this situation results in cicatricial alopecia. This disease,
initially designated as "THF" by Smith and Sanderson in 1978, has been reported in
only 10 patients to date.
Type of Study:
case report |
Subject:
Dermatology