Lichen Planopilaris with Pustules: A Diagnostic Challenge | Zendy

Karina Lopes Morais | Zendy; Cintia F. Martins | Zendy; Alessandra Anzai | Zendy; Neusa Yuriko Sakai Valente | Zendy; Ricardo Romiti | Zendy

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Lichen Planopilaris with Pustules: A Diagnostic Challenge

Author(s) -

Karina Lopes Morais,

Cintia F. Martins,

Alessandra Anzai,

Neusa Yuriko Sakai Valente,

Ricardo Romiti

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

skin appendage disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2296-9195

pISSN - 2296-9160

DOI - 10.1159/000478268

Subject(s) - dermatology , medicine , scarring alopecia , folliculitis , scalp , etiology , erythema , lichen sclerosus , differential diagnosis , pathology

Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a lymphocytic primary cicatricial alopecia presenting with scarring hair loss and variable degrees of perifollicular erythema and scaling. Pustules are infrequent and may mimic folliculitis decalvans (FD) and other forms of neutrophilic alopecia. We present a series of LPP cases with pustules and discuss the importance of differentiating them from primary neutrophilic folliculitis.

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