Diagnosis: Tufted hair folliculitis
Description: Cicatricial alopecia.
Morphology: Hair loss localised
Site: Scalp
Sex: M
Age: 27
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory: Tufted folliculitis presents with doll's hair-like bundling of follicular units. It is seen in a wide range of scarring conditions, including chronic staphylacoccal infection, chronic lupus erythematosus, lichen planopilaris, Graham-Little syndrome, folIiculitis decalvans, acne keloidalis nuchae, immunobullous disorders, and dissecting cellulites. The presented patient is a classical case of tufted folliculitis due to acne keloidalis nuchae.