Sebaceous nevus: clinical aspect of a sebaceous nevus in a few-month-old infant; only the slight plaque-like elevation of the hairless area indicates the actual diagnosis.
Lupus erythematodes chronicus discoides. general view: For several years persistent, multiple, scarring, alopecic areas highlyoccipital, highly parietal and at the capillitium in a 57-year-old patient. Clear, extensive reddening of the skin of the head and face.
Lupus erythematosus chronicus discoides: deeply scarring discoid lupus erythematosus leading to follicle loss with complete destruction of the pigment within the lesional skin.
Alopecia postmenopausal, frontal, fibrosing: uniform receding of the frontal and temporal hairline. moderately pronounced ulerythema ophryogenes. keratosis follicularis on the extensor extremities.
Alopecia, post-menopausal, frontal, fibrosing: typical follicular inflammatory pattern (see frontal hairline). No symptoms. This results in a backward development of the forehead-hairline.
Postmenopausal fibrosing frontal alopecia: For several years now, the hairline has been continuously moving backwards. Clear ulerythema ophryogenes. Complete hairlessness of arms and legs (condition after keratosis pilaris) which has not been noticed before.
Pemphigoid bullous, scarring, type Brunsting-Perry. For years, half-sided localized, therapy-resistant recurrent erosions and incrustations. In the dorsal part of the Os parietal area irritationless scarring.
Alopecia areata totalis: Complete loss of hair on the capillitium, eyebrows and eyelashes, encircling an area of skin where the hair follicles that have been preserved are clearly visible.
Alopecia areata. roundish, centrifugally and medially spreading, smooth, hairless area with preserved follicles. in the active marginal area hairs can still be easily epilated.
Alopecia areata: marginal area of an apparently no longer progressive alopecia areata. follicular structures detectable. no cadaverized hair stumps detectable.
alopecia areata. roundish, centrifugally and medially spreading, smooth, skin-coloured, hairless areas with preserved follicles. total foci from single foci formed by confluence. follicular structures clearly detectable.
Folliculitis decalvans. scarring hair loss that has been progressing for several years, with itching and occasional pain. in addition to purulent folliculitis, scaly tufts of hair with surrounding erythema appear.
Folliculitis decalvans. 24 months of persistent scarring hair loss, with initially slight itching. In addition to purulent folliculitis, there are also incised tufts of hair with surrounding erythema and numerous small, shiny, hairless areas.
Folliculitits decalvans: Close-up with shiny atrophy of the scalp and tufts of hair; the keatotic secretions are signs of the ongoing inflammatory process.
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