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Image Number #3809 (Tufted hair folliculitis)

Diagnosis: Tufted hair folliculitis

Description: Cicatricial alopecia.

Morphology: Hair loss localised

Site: Scalp

Sex: M

Age: 27

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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History: Tufted folliculitis presents with doll's hair-like bundling of follicular units. It is seen in a wide range of scarring conditions, including chronic staphylacoccal infection, chronic lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, Graham-Little syndrome, folIiculitis decalvans, acne keloidalis nuchae, immunobullous disorders, and dissecting cellulites. The presented patient is a classical case of tufted folliculitis due to acne keloidalis nuchae.

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