Follicular vitiligo: dermatoscopic features of a new subtype of vitiligo

Cabrera, Raúl; Reculé, Francisca; Hojman, Lía; Larrondo, Jorge

doi:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20198086

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“…All these patients had cutaneous depigmentation also. Cabrera et al (6) reported eyelash follicular vitiligo and confirmed it dermatoscopically. There was absence of vitiligo elsewhere and in between the hair follicles as seen in our case.…”

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“…There was absence of vitiligo elsewhere and in between the hair follicles as seen in our case. Leukotrichia has been extensively reported invitiligo lesions in upto 45% of patients (6) . It is suggested that leukotrichia occurs as a secondary involvement of the hair, usually vellus hair, following a primary skin involvement.…”

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“…It is suggested that leukotrichia occurs as a secondary involvement of the hair, usually vellus hair, following a primary skin involvement. Follicular vitiligo on the contrary, is suggested to be a primary involvement of hair follicles and that too mostly terminal hair (6) . Hence, leukotrichia may be differentiated from follicular vitiligo.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Segmental Follicular Vitiligo: A New Subtype

Thakur¹

2019

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Vitiligo is a common disorder of pigmentation characterised by depigmented macules and patches. Autoimmune damage to the basal melanocytes leads to such presentation. Sometimes, there is involvement of melanocytes of hair matrixor outer root sheath, leading to depigmented hair or follicular vitiligo. It is a newer variant of vitiligo and has been reported uncommonly. We report a case of follicular vitiligo involving the beard area with no vitiligo lesions at any other body site and that too in a segmental distribution.

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Segmental Follicular Vitiligo: A New Subtype

Thakur¹

2019

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“…Cabrera et al , 33 reported a patient with follicular vitiligo located among the eyelashes of the upper eyelid. Dermoscopy revealed total eyelash depigmentation in the cortex and medulla of the hair.…”

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The role of dermoscopy in diagnostics of dermatological conditions of the eyelid, eyelashes, and conjunctiva – a literature review

2020

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“…2 Many patients of FV have involvement of terminal hair of scalp and eyelashes. 2,6,7 In contrast, in nonsegmental vitiligo vulgaris, the interfollicular skin is primarily or predominantly involved and the hair follicles serve as a source of melanocytes early in the disease. The leukotrichia usually appears later in the course and is generally limited.…”

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Unravelling the paradox of reverse chronology in follicular vitiligo

Mehta

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Gupta

2022

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Follicular vitiligo is a recently proposed variant of vitiligo, characterized by a primary or predominant depigmentation of hair follicles with no to limited involvement of the interfollicular skin in a nonsegmental distribution, in contrast to vitiligo vulgaris where the opposite predominance and sequence of progression is seen. It is difficult to recognize follicular vitiligo when it presents as isolated leukotrichia without interfollicular skin depigmentation, and the diagnosis is often made in hindsight after the interfollicular skin becomes involved. In follicular vitiligo, the immune response is primarily directed towards hair follicle melanocytes, in contrast to vitiligo vulgaris, in which antigenically distinct melanocytes of the interfollicular skin are targeted. Rapid graying of hair, frequent involvement of the terminal hair of the scalp, eyelashes, and beard, proposed autoimmune response against hair follicle melanocytes, and a proposed loss of immune tolerance of hair follicle melanocytes are the features shared by follicular vitiligo and alopecia areata. Targeted agents such as JAK–STAT pathway inhibitors which have been shown to work in both alopecia areata and vitiligo vulgaris can be useful in the progressive stage of follicular vitiligo.

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Follicular vitiligo: dermatoscopic features of a new subtype of vitiligo

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Segmental Follicular Vitiligo: A New Subtype

Segmental Follicular Vitiligo: A New Subtype

The role of dermoscopy in diagnostics of dermatological conditions of the eyelid, eyelashes, and conjunctiva – a literature review

Unravelling the paradox of reverse chronology in follicular vitiligo

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