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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_1_080209 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS / ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE | Category: | acneiform | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / neck | Age: | 16 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric, 1-3 mm, fibrotic skin colored, hypopigmented, and violaceous papules | ||||
| Comments: | This healthy 16-year-old boy developed follicular pustules on the back of his scalp which healed with itchy papules. This followed shaving of the back of the scalp. Treatment consisted of topical steroids and discontinuation of the shaving with hair cuts. The initial eruption of pustules was treated with oral minocycline and topical benzoyl peroxide. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_2_080209 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS / ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE | Category: | acneiform | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / neck | Age: | 16 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric, 1-3 mm, fibrotic skin colored, hypopigmented, and violaceous papules | ||||
| Comments: | This healthy 16-year-old boy developed follicular pustules on the back of his scalp which healed with itchy papules. This followed shaving of the back of the scalp. Treatment consisted of topical steroids and discontinuation of the shaving with hair cuts. The initial eruption of pustules was treated with oral minocycline and topical benzoyl peroxide. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_2_041117 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / SCAR / KELOID / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / neck | Age: | 33 years | ||
| Contributor: | Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg) | ||||
| Description: | symmetric follicular purplish brown papules and nodules | ||||
| Comments: | A 33-year-old travelling salesman reported complined of recurrent painful and sometime itchy papules on the back of head just above the hair line. Antibiotics gave only temporary relief. Lesions started insidiously on the nape of the neck and extended to the side. Lesions resolved after epilation laser therapy. He also stopped wearing tight shirts with collars and neck ties. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_1_041117 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / KELOID / SCAR / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | neck | Age: | 34 years | ||
| Contributor: | Abhay Martin, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric follicular purplish brown papules and nodules | ||||
| Comments: | A 33-year-old travelling salesman reported complined of recurrent painful and sometime itchy papules on the back of head just above the hair line. Antibiotics gave only temporary relief. Lesions started insidiously on the nape of the neck and extended to the side. Lesions resolved after epilation laser therapy. He also stopped wearing tight shirts with collars and neck ties. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Striae_and_chest_keloid_4_040620 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | KELOID / ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / ACNE KELOIDALIS | Category: | neoplasm, benign / linear eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | chest | Age: | 28 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | violaceous fibrotic smooth topped papules and linear plaques | ||||
| Comments: | This healthy 28-year-old man developed stretch marks on his hips and axillae following 20 intralesional corticosteroid injections for keloids. He had a family history of keloids. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_1_040524 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / KELOID / SCABIES | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / occiput neck | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | fibrotic violaceous plaque studded with firm follicular papules and nodules | ||||
| Comments: | This 40-year-old man had a 2 year history of multiple, painful, pruritic, pustules on his occiput and upper posterior neck. As the pustules resolved a firm rubbery plaque studded with follicular papules and nodules developed. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_2_040524 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / KELOID / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / SCAR | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / occiput neck | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | fibrotic violaceous plaque studded with firm follicular papules and nodules | ||||
| Comments: | This 40-year-old man had a 2 year history of multiple, painful, pruritic, pustules on his occiput and upper posterior neck. As the pustules resolved a firm rubbery plaque studded with follicular papules and nodules developed. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | acne_keloidalis_nuchae_3_040524 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / SCAR / KELOID | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / occiput neck | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | fibrotic violaceous plaque studded with firm follicular papules and nodules | ||||
| Comments: | This 40-year-old man had a 2 year history of multiple, painful, pruritic, pustules on his occiput and upper posterior neck. As the pustules resolved a firm rubbery plaque studded with follicular papules and nodules developed. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Acne_Keloidalis_Nuchae_1_040329 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS / SCAR | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / hyperpigmentation | ||
| Body Site: | neck | Age: | 21 years | ||
| Contributor: | Douglas Hoffman, MD | ||||
| Description: | hyperpigmentation and velvety thickening of the skin creases; multiple firm papules at the nape of the neck | ||||
| Comments: | This obese 21-year-old man with acne keloidalis nuchae and acanthosis nigricans was referred for possible intralesional steroid treatment of the keloids which were itchy at times. There was no evidence of inflammatory acne or infection. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Acne_keloidalis_nuchae_1_030713 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS | Category: | infections and infestations / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / hyperpigmentation | ||
| Body Site: | axilla (armpit) / trunk | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | multiple, grouped, firm, dome-shaped, follicular papules and nodules | ||||
| Comments: | This 40-year-old man, who had acanthosis nigricans for the last several years, developed a chronic folliculitis and perifolliculitis of the occipital scalp and posterior neck. Pustules healed with firm violaceous follicular papules and nodules over three years. He developed similar lesions on his back and flanks below the axillae. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics. | ||||
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