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. 2008 Dec;63(6):747–752. doi: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000600007

Table 2.

Histopathologic characteristics of primary scarring alopecias

@ LPP * CCLE # PB $ FD ## DF
Hyperqueratosis extrafollicular + +/− +/−
Horn plug + + +/− +/−
Epidermal atrophy + +/− +/−
Vacuolar degeneration of epidermal basal cells + +/− +/−
Neutrophilic folliculitis + +
Lichenoid Perifolliculitis + +
Dermal lymphocytic periecrine infiltrate +
Fibrous tract replacing follicle + colloid bodies within + + + +
Extrafollicular extensive dermo-hipodermal fibrosis +/− + dermal + dermo-hipodermal
Sinus tract +
Preserved perifollicular elastic sheet +
Thickened basement membrane (epidermal or follicular) +
@

Lichen Planus Pilaris (LPP);

*

Chronic Cutaneous Lupus (CCLE);

#

Pseudopelade of Brocq (PB);

$

Folliculitis decalvans (FD);

##

Dissecting folliculitis (DF)