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Paediatric-Onset Folliculitis Decalvans and Lichen Planopilaris Phenotypic Spectrum: Is It a Different Disease?
Experimental dermatology - 1 Jan 2026
Awad Andrew, Kho Yong Chern, Asfour Leila, Sladden Michael, Prakash Saurabh, Nirenberg Alexander, Fakih Ali, El Sayed Fouad, Bhoyrul Bevin
Abstract excerpt
Folliculitis decalvans (FD) and lichen planopilaris (LPP) are classified as neutrophilic and lymphocytic cicatricial alopecias respectively. FD and LPP have distinctive clinical, trichoscopic and histopathological features. Cases with concomitant or sequential features of both forms of primary cicatricial alopecia (PCA) have been described since 2020, and the term folliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris...
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