Abstract
We describe tufted hair folliculitis that developed in a chronically erosive plaque on the scalp of a Japanese man patient with pemphigus vulgaris. After repeated intralesional corticosteroid injections, the erosive lesion improved, leaving multiple hairs emerging from single follicular openings. The current case suggests that localized exudative inflammatory lesions in the scalp regardless of cause can result in tufted hair formation.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Administration, Oral
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Adult
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
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Chronic Disease
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Folliculitis / drug therapy
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Folliculitis / etiology*
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Folliculitis / pathology
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Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
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Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
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Hair / drug effects
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Hair / pathology
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Histiocytes / pathology
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin G / analysis
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Injections, Intralesional
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Lymphocytes / pathology
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Male
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Pemphigus / complications*
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Pemphigus / drug therapy
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Pemphigus / pathology
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Plasma Cells / pathology
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Prednisone / administration & dosage
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Prednisone / therapeutic use
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Scalp Dermatoses* / microbiology
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Scalp Dermatoses* / pathology
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
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Triamcinolone Acetonide / administration & dosage
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Triamcinolone Acetonide / therapeutic use
Substances
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents
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Glucocorticoids
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Immunoglobulin G
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Triamcinolone Acetonide
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Prednisone