Folliculitis Decalvans With Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in a Dark Phototype: Presentation of Folliculitis Decalvans and Lichen Planopilaris Phenotypic Spectrum

Basma Karrakchou; Amani Fliti; Amal El Fiboumi; Fouad  Kettani; Karima  Senouci; Mariame  Meziane

doi:10.5826/dpc.1304a229

Folliculitis Decalvans With Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in a Dark Phototype: Presentation of Folliculitis Decalvans and Lichen Planopilaris Phenotypic Spectrum

Authors

Basma Karrakchou Dermatology and Venereology Department, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Amani Fliti Dermatology and Venereology Department, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Amal El Fiboumi Department of medicine, Moulay Youssef Hospital, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Fouad Kettani Histopathology Center of the United Nations, Rabat, Morocco
Karima Senouci Dermatology and Venereology Department, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Mariame Meziane Dermatology and Venereology Department, Ibn Sina Hospital, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco

Keywords:

folliculitis decalvans, frontal fibrosing alopecia, lichen planopilaris, phenotypic spectrum

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