Histopathologic study of scalp psoriasis: Peculiar features including sebaceous gland atrophy

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Werner, Betina ^a,b   Brenner, Fabiane Mulinari ^a   Böer, Almut ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Dermatologikum Hamburg ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Psoriasis; Scalp; Sebaceous gland atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE COUNT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFUNDIBULAR OSTIUM; INFUNDIBULUM; INFUNDIBULUM DILATION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; PAPILLOMA; PARAKERATOSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS AREA SEVERITY INDEX PARTIAL SCORE; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SCALP; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBACEOUS GLAND ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURFACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELOGEN FOLLICLE; TERMINAL FOLLICLE; VELLUS FOLLICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PSORIASIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41149115107     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816421fd     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Ackerman AB, Böer A, Bennin B, et al. Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases. An Algorithm Method Based on Pattern Analysis. 3rd ed. New York: Ardor Scribendi; 2005. Available at: http://www.derm101.com. Accessed November 26, 2007.
2. Mobini N, Toussaint S, Kamino H. Noninfectious erythematous, papular, and squamous diseases. In: Elder DE, Johnson BL, Elenitsas R, eds. Lever's Histopathology of the Skin. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2005:183-191.
3. Weedon D. The psoriasiform reaction pattern. In: Weedon D, ed. Skin Pathology. 2nd ed. London: Churchill Livingstone; 2002:75-81.
4. van de Kerkhof PC, Franssen ME. Psoriasis of the scalp. Diagnosis and management. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2001;2:159-165.
5. Headington JT, Gupta AK, Goldfarb MT, et al. A morphometric and histologic study of the scalp in psoriasis. Paradoxical sebaceous gland atrophy and decreased hair shaft diameters without alopecia. Arch Dermatol. 1989;125:639-642.
6. Braun-Falco O, Heilgemeir GP, Lincke-Plewig H. Histologische Differentialdiagnose von Psoriasis vulgaris und seborrhoischem Ekzem des Kapillitium [Histological differential diagnosis of psoriasis vulgaris and seborrheic eczema of the scalp]. Hautarzt. 1979;30: 478-483.
7. Runne U, Kroneisen-Wiersma P. Psoriatic alopecia: acute and chronic hair loss in 47 patients with scalp psoriasis. Dermatology. 1992;185: 82-87.
8. Wilson CL, Dean D, Lane EB, et al. Keratinocyte differentiation in psoriatic scalp: morphology and expression of epithelial keratins. Br J Dermatol. 1994;131:191-200.
9. Bardazzi F, Fanti PA, Orlandi C, et al. Psoriatic scarring alopecia: observations in four patients. Int J Dermatol. 1999;38:765-768.
10. Vargas-Ocampo F. Pityriasis alba: a histologic study. Int J Dermatol. 1993;32:870-873.
11. Wilson CL, Burge SM, Dean D, et al. Scarring alopecia in discoid lupus erythematosus. Br J Dermatol. 1992;126:307-314.
12. Shuster S. Psoriatic alopecia. Br J Dermatol. 1972;87:73-77.
13. Verbov J. Destructive scalp alopecia in psoriasis. Arch Dermatol. 1978; 114:289.
14. Wright AL, Messenger AG. Scarring alopecia in psoriasis. Acta Derm Venereol. 1990;70:156-159.
15. van de Kerkhof PC, Chang A. Scarring alopecia and psoriasis. Br J Dermatol. 1992;126:524-525.
16. Cockayne SE, Messenger AG. Familial scarring alopecia associated with scalp psoriasis. Br J Dermatol. 2001;144:425-427.