A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Feature of Dermoscopy in 96 Cases with Alopecia Areata
ZHUANG Niang-qiao
TANG Xu-hua
LI Jun-shan
CAO Sun-xiang
ZHANG Xing-qi
Abstract：Objective:To analyze dermoscopic findings of alopecia areata ( AA) that can be used as clinical indicators of disease diagnosis.Methods:The dermoscopic findings in 96 newly diagnosed AA patients and dermoscopic examination of areas of hair loss on the scalp were collect-ed.Results:Characteristic dermoscopic findings of AA included yellow dots, black dots, broken hairs, exclamation mark sample hair, and clustered short vellus hairs ( shorter than 10 mm) .The highest incidence appears in yellow dots which up to 69.8%,and can be regarded as a sensitive indicator in the diagnosis of alopecia areate.Exclamation mark sample hair(40.6%) , black dots (52.1%), broken hairs(48.9%) all were highest in the active phase, which were important sigh of alopecia areata.Conclusion:Dermoscopic signs are highly useful in diagnosis, evaluation for activity and therapeutic effect of AA.
Keywords：Alopecia areate ( AA)Dermoscopy
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 366-369 )