Dermoscopic features of lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei: Distinct aspects depending on disease stage

Noureddine Litaiem; Amal Chamli; Takwa Bacha; Meriem Jones; Samia Goucha; Soumaya Rammeh; Faten Zeglaoui

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2979

Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Dermoscopic features of lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei: Distinct aspects depending on disease stage

Noureddine Litaiem,
Amal Chamli,
Takwa Bacha,
Meriem Jones,
Samia Goucha,
Soumaya Rammeh,
Faten Zeglaoui

Affiliations

Noureddine Litaiem: Department of Dermatology Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia
Amal Chamli: Department of Dermatology Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia
Takwa Bacha: Department of Dermatology Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia
Meriem Jones: Department of Dermatology Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia
Samia Goucha: Department of Dermatology Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia
Soumaya Rammeh: Faculty of Medicine of Tunis University of Tunis El Manar Tunis Tunisia
Faten Zeglaoui: Department of Dermatology Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2979
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 9
pp. 1793 – 1796

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Abstract Dermoscopy is a useful tool that helps distinguish lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei (LPDF) from sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. Follicular keratotic plugs (FKP) represent the hallmark of LPDF. Dermoscopic aspect of LPDF changes through the course of the disease.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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