Cicatricial alopecia

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Overview

Cicatricial alopecia presents clinically with the effacement/scarring of follicular orifices, always in a patchy or focal distribution.

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Cicatricial Alopecia

Causes of noncicatricial alopecia include:

• Acne necrotica
• Alopecia mucinosa
• Atrichia with papular lesions
• Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
• Erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp (Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp)
• Folliculitis decalvans
• Hot comb alopecia
• Keratosis pilaris atropicans
• Lichen planopilaris
• Lupus erythematosus
• Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, Dissecting folliculitis, Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens of Hoffman)
• Pressure alopecia
• Pseudopelade of Brocq (Alopecia cicatrisata)
• Sarcoidosis
• Traction alopecia
• Tufted folliculitis
• Tumor alopecia

See also

• Noncicatricial alopecia