Folliculitis Ulerythematosa Reticulata

Folliculitis Ulerythematosus Reticulata: A Report of Four Cases and Brief Review of the Literature

“…which could regress with time: (b) onset in chiidhood with slow evolution; (c) erythema that may disappear in adult life; (d) comedones and horny plugs that may disappear in adult life; and (e) absence of papules, pustules, scaliness, or seborrhea. Many case reports have since been published with minor additions (8). Some authors do not feel the honeycomb atrophy must necessarily be limited to the cheeks.…”

“…It has been suggested that other cutaneous as well as visceral anomalies can coexist with FUR. Lichen spinulosus, epidermal cysts, foiliculitis decalvans (12), ichthyosis follicularis, hair and teeth abnormalities (8), syringomas, and milia (13), as well as neurologic and cardiovascular defects (8, II) are some of the reported concomitant anomalies.…”

“…tortuous hair follicles, and atrophic or absent sebaceous glands. There is fibrosis and degeneration of the connective tissue, most marked around the dilated follicles, with numerous dermal horn cysts and chronic perivascular inflammation (1), It was speculated that the pits are secondary to fibrosed retracted collagen (1), The erythema may be secondary to the thinned epidermis and not due to extreme vascular dilatation and inflammation (8),…”