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Invisible lichen planopilaris unmasked by dermatoscopy
Balakrishnan Nirmal1, Renu George1, Thomas Alex Kodiatte2
1 Department of Dermatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Balakrishnan Nirmal
Department of Dermatology, OPD No. 220, Room No. 5, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_81_16
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Lichen planopilaris is a form of lymphocyte-mediated primary cicatricial alopecia characterized by perifollicular scaling progressing to patches of alopecia depending on the clinical variant. The course is relentlessly progressive and chronic. Hence, early diagnosis and institution of therapy are imperative to halt the disease progress. Although definitive diagnosis is made by scalp biopsy, the detection is usually delayed. Dermatoscopy helps in early recognition of this condition which at that stage is clinically invisible. We report a 23-year-old female who presented with hair loss and scalp scaling without clinically obvious patches of alopecia.
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