Pityriasis amiantacea: clinical-dermatoscopic features and microscopy of hair tufts Pitiríase amiantácea: aspectos clínicos e dermatoscópicos e microscopia dos tufos capilares

Pityriasis Amiantacea, also known as pseudotinea amiantacea, is a clinical syndrome which affects the scalp, having a reaction pattern reported to occur in several inflammatory dermatoses. The authors seek to establish the correlation between its clinical, dermoscopic and light microscopy features t...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Costa Verardino (Author), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Author), Priscila Marques de Macedo (Author), Thiago Jeunon (Author)
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Pityriasis Amiantacea, also known as pseudotinea amiantacea, is a clinical syndrome which affects the scalp, having a reaction pattern reported to occur in several inflammatory dermatoses. The authors seek to establish the correlation between its clinical, dermoscopic and light microscopy features through the analysis of scale- encrusted hair tufts submitted to histological processing.<br>A pitiríase amiantácea, também chamada de pseudotínea amiantácea, é compreendida como uma síndrome clínica que acomete o couro cabeludo. Representa um padrão de reação a diversas dermatoses inflamatórias. Os autores procuram estabelecer a correlação entre características clínicas, dermatoscópicas e de microscopia ótica, através da análise do tufo de cabelos agregados pelas escamocrostas, submetido a processamento histológico.
Item Description:10.1590/S0365-05962012000100021
0365-0596
1806-4841