Corkscrews on the Patchy Alopecia of a Girl

June 2018 in “ Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice ”

Muhammed Razmi T, Dipankar De, Keshavamurthy Vinay

alopecia doxycycline dermoscopic examination corkscrew-shaped hairs potassium hydroxide hair regrowth hair loss KOH

TLDR The girl's hair started regrowing after 6 weeks of treatment.

An adolescent girl with a 6-month history of itchy alopecic patches and pus discharge on her scalp showed minimal improvement after 3 months of oral doxycycline. Dermoscopic examination revealed coiled, corkscrew-shaped hairs at the margins of the alopecic patches. Numerous refractile bodies were observed with 10% potassium hydroxide mounting. After 6 weeks of treatment, hair regrowth was noted, and no new alopecia patches appeared.

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