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African American Patient

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Diseases More Common In Black Skin:

•Acral lentiginous melanoma
•dermal papulosa nigrans  (DPN)
•ainhum
•DLE
•Dowling-Degos disease
•Futcher’s lines (aka Voight's lines)
•idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
•juxtaclavicular beaded lines
•melonychia striata
•pearly penile papules
•sarcoid
•sickle cell ulcers
•transient neonatal pustular melanosis

 

 

Hair follicles/ Hair:

•acne keloidalis nuchae
•dissecting cellulitis
•disseminate and recurrent infundibular folliculitis
•follicular degeneration syndrome
•Fox-Fordyce disease (+/- follicles)
•pseudofolliculitis barbae
•sycosis barbae (true folliculitis – i.e. not “pseudo”)
•traction alopecia