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Folliculitis decalvans and dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: a significant association
- Source :
- British Journal of Dermatology. 187:1026-1028
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022.
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Abstract
- This work reports 30 cases of folliculitis decalvans (FD) in patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) among a cohort of 125 DEB patients seen between 2010 and 2021 in 2 French expert centers for the management of inherited epidermolysis bullosa. Such an association between two rare diseases cannot be fortuitous and implies a physiopathological link that we discuss in this paper. This association is a new significant fact to add to the reflexion on FD causes, suggesting that skin abnormality of DEB could act as a factor of a specific skin barrier alteration which could favor FD. Scarring alopecia with tufted folliculitis and pustules on inflamed skin at the vertex of a woman with dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652133 and 00070963
- Volume :
- 187
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9bebc844a228ea8ae5578230906afd9a