Yellow dots in trichoscopy: relevance, clinical significance and peculiarities

Yellow dots are follicular ostium filled with keratin and/or sebum. Initially, they were exclusively associated with alopecia areata. Currently they have also been described in androgenetic alopecia, chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus, and dissecting cellulitis. Due to the growing impor...

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Published inAnais brasileiros de dermatología Vol. 92; no. 5; pp. 724 - 726
Main Authors Lima, Caren Dos Santos, Lemes, Luciana Rodino, Melo, Daniel Fernandes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 01.09.2017
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Alopecia
DERMATOLOGY
Dermoscopy
Hair diseases
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Dermoscopy
Hair diseases
Alopecia
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Summary:Yellow dots are follicular ostium filled with keratin and/or sebum. Initially, they were exclusively associated with alopecia areata. Currently they have also been described in androgenetic alopecia, chronic cutaneous (discoid) lupus erythematosus, and dissecting cellulitis. Due to the growing importance of trichoscopy and its findings in the evaluation of the scalp, this article describes the main diseases in which yellow dots are a common trichoscopic finding, highlighting its characteristics in each dermatosis.
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ISSN:0365-0596
1806-4841
1806-4841
0365-0596
DOI:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20176157