Folliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris phenotypic spectrum: case report of two paediatric cases

Folliculitis Decalvans and Lichen Planopilaris Phenotypic Spectrum: A Case Report

“…Ramos et al has previously reported on two cases of FDLPPPS diagnosed in dark-skinned children. 10 The patient described in this report presented with the lesions at the age of 3 years and has had the condition for 30 years. To the best of our knowledge, this case has the youngest age of presentation and longest duration of all cases reported to date, and is therefore very rare.…”

Comment on: folliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris phenotypic spectrum: a case report of two paediatric cases

“…hominis to this topical treatment. 1 However, their findings did not surprise us. Indeed, since late 2019, following the observation of increasing failures of scabies topical treatments, we have started an observational study on this topic.…”

“…Dear Editor I read with interest M€ uller Ramos et al's observations on folliculitis decalvans (FD) and lichen planopilaris (LPP) phenotypic spectrum in two paediatric patients 1 and take the opportunity to comment on the nosology and nomenclature of the respective condition.…”

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

“…FD and LPP are primary scarring alopecias recently combined in the "FD and LPP phenotypic spectrum" (FDLPPPS) [1][2][3][4][5]. To date, mainly vertex scalp LPP cases have been reported in association with FD [1][2][3][4][5].…”

“…FD and LPP are primary scarring alopecias recently combined in the "FD and LPP phenotypic spectrum" (FDLPPPS) [1][2][3][4][5]. To date, mainly vertex scalp LPP cases have been reported in association with FD [1][2][3][4][5]. To the best of our knowledge, only 2 observations described FFA within the phenotypic spectrum, and the two patients were phototype II (Table 1) [1,5].…”