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Case Reports
. 2019 Jan-Feb;94(1):115-116.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20197952.

Exuberant tufted folliculitis

Paulo Müller Ramos  1 , Helio Amante Miot  1
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Case Reports

Exuberant tufted folliculitis

Paulo Müller Ramos et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2019 Jan-Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest: None.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Extensive areas of cicatricial alopecia with polytrichia
Figure 2
Figure 2
Dermoscopy shows multiple hairs emerging from the same follicular orifice
Figure 3
Figure 3
Dermatoscopic image of a tuft showing retained hairs within the involved follicular units
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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