TABLE 3.
Correlation between dermoscopic findings and patterns of alopecia areata
| DERMOSCOPIC FINDINGS | LOCALIZED PATCHY (N=9), N(%) | MULTIPLE PATCHY (N=28), N(%) | OPHIASIS (N=5), N(%) | TOTALIS (N=4), N(%) | UNIVERSALIS (N=6), N(%) | P-VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD | 7 (77) | 25 (89) | 5 (100) | 3 (75) | 3 (50) | 0.153 |
| YD | 2 (22) | 17 (61) | 3 (60) | 4 (100) | 6 (100) | 0.01* |
| BH | 7 (77) | 24 (86) | 3 (60) | 1 (25) | 1 (16.7) | 0.004* |
| EH | 4 (44) | 6 (21) | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 0.171 |
| SVH | 4 (44) | 15 (54) | 4 (80) | 3 (75) | 4 (66.7) | 0.636 |
| CH | 4 (44) | 12 (43) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 0.396 |
| TH | 0 (0) | 3 (10.7) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.116 |
| PTH | 4 (44) | 8 (28.5) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 0.127 |
| T | 1 (11) | 6 (21.4) | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.59 |
| PS | 3 (33) | 8 (28.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.56 |
*
p-value is significant (<0.05)
BD: black dots; YD: yellow dots; BH: broken hair; EH: exclamation mark hair; SVH: small vellus hair; CH: coudability hair; TH: tulip hair; PTH: pigtail hair; T: telangiectasia; PS: perifollicular scaling