Traumatic anserine folliculosis is a curious gooseflesh-like follicular hyperkeratosis that may result from persistent pressure and lateral friction of one skin surface against another.[1]: 775 Traumatic anserine folliculosis is caused by trauma. Topical keratolytics are the treatment of choice.
| Traumatic anserine folliculosis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Dermatology |
Signs and symptoms edit
Traumatic anserine folliculosis is defined by several closely spaced, clustered follicular papules. The most frequently affected areas are the neck, jaws, and chin.[2]
Causes edit
Traumatic anserine folliculosis is caused by trauma.[3]
Diagnosis edit
Histopathological features include the possibility of hypergranulosis, hyperkeratosis, localized lucidum presence or increase, rudimentary follicles, and follicular opening dilatation with retention of keratotic material. There could be a little perivascular lymphocytic infiltration.[2]
Disseminate and recurrent infundibular folliculitis, keratosis pilaris, lichen spinulosus, trichostasis spinulosa, and trichodysplasia spinulosa are among the conditions included in the differential diagnosis of traumatic anserine folliculosis.[2]
Treatment edit
Topical keratolytics are among the treatment options.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ^ a b c Rambhia, KinjalDeepak; Wankhade, Vaishali; Mukhi, Jayesh; Singh, RP (2017). "Traumatic anserine folliculosis". Indian Dermatology Online Journal. 8 (1). Medknow: 59–61. doi:10.4103/2229-5178.198773. ISSN 2229-5178. PMC 5297279. PMID 28217481.
- ^ a b Padilha-Gonçalves, Antar (1979). "Traumatic Anserine Folliculosis". The Journal of Dermatology. 6 (6). Wiley: 365–369. doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.1979.tb01928.x. ISSN 0385-2407.
Further reading edit
- Neema, Shekhar; Goyal, Shivam (2021-03-08). "Dermoscopy of Anserine Folliculosis". Dermatology Practical & Conceptual. 11 (2). Mattioli1885: e2021019. doi:10.5826/dpc.1102a19. ISSN 2160-9381. PMC 7943222. PMID 33747628.
- Arora, Pooja; Ankad, Bs; Sardana, Kabir; Bansal, Prekshi (2021). "Traumatic anserine folliculosis and comedones: The role of dermoscopy in differentiation". Indian Dermatology Online Journal. 12 (4): 587–589. doi:10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_631_20. ISSN 2229-5178. PMC 8354421. PMID 34430466.