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- Title
Exclamation marks and other trichoscopic signs of chemotherapy-induced alopecia.
- Authors
Pirmez, Rodrigo; Piñeiro‐Maceira, Juan; Sodré, Celso Tavares
- Abstract
The article presents the study on exclamation mark hair and trichoscopic signs of chemotherapy-induced alopecia. The study employs a trichoscopic examination of the scalp, handheld dermoscope and scalp biopsy. Results reveal that trichoscopic findings showed chemotherapy-induced follicular injury. It adds that trichoscopic findings included yellow dots, black dots, acute constrictions and colour changes along the hair shaft.
- Subjects
BALDNESS; CANCER chemotherapy; BIOPSY; HAIR follicles; SCALP
- Publication
Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2013, Vol 54, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
0004-8380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-0960.2012.00946.x