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Author: Hon A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, February 2016.
Patients may present with a skin problem they believe to be confined to the scalp. A full medical and focussed cutaneous history should be followed by brief examination of relevant sites.
The most common scalp symptoms are:
Itch may be associated with the majority of skin conditions in the scalp. Soreness is less frequent.
Pityriasis amiantacea
Tinea capitis
Scalp psoriasis
Seborrhoeic dermatitis of scalp
Atopic dermatitis of scalp
Discoid lupus erythematosus of scalp
Head lice
Scalp folliculitis
Folliculitis keloidalis nuchae:
Folliculitis keloidalis nuchae
Folliculitis decalvans
Dissecting cellulitis
Erosive pustular dermatosis
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