Fernández PMA, Serrano FC, Serrano OS

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 211-219
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ABSTRACT

Dermoscopy has proven to be a useful diagnostic procedure in pigmented tumours and other skin diseases, and its application has been extended to other fields, including trichology. Thus, trichoscopy has now been added to available non-invasive diagnostic and follow-up techniques in trichology, such as the trichogram and phototrichogram, as a further trichological examination to improve the diagnosis of different hair diseases. Trichoscopy facilitates the observation of certain hair and scalp features and contributes diagnostic signs that are readily detected with video or manual dermatoscopes, which already form part of the usual equipment in the dermatology office. The most characteristic signs observed with this technique are reported below, describing the patterns of androgenetic alopecia (AGA), alopecia areata (AA) and cicatricial alopecia (CA).

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