Differential Diagnosis > Arrangement > Follicular

Follicular

Top  Previous  Next

follicular:  when lesions are very evenly or regularly spaced, it implies that they correspond to some anatomic unit  e.g. hair follicles, thought this is not always the case (e.g. lichen nitidus is very evenly spaced and yet it is in no way follicular)

 

Spiny follicular papules:

•keratosis pilaris/ lichen spinulosus
•follicular eczema
•PRP
hmtoggle_plus1expanded ddx (rare):
•lichen planopilaris (follicular LP)
•phrynoderma
•perforating folliculitis

 

More "follicular" entities:

•folliculitis (bacterial, pityrosporum, hot tub)
•disseminate and recurrent infundibular folliculitis (not hyperkeratotic)
•juxtaclavicular beaded lines
•hamartoma moniliformis
•follicular mucinosis
•scurvy