ISSN: 2574-7800
Authors: Rasso A*, Baybay H, Boukhari K, Elloudi S, Douhi Z and Mernissi FZ
Non-scarring alopecia in children and adolescents is a frequent reason for consultation in dermatology, whose etiologies are multiple, the particularity in adolescents that they are a bridge between the child and the adult sometimes gives particular clinical aspects. Case report: Tow adolescents admitted for management of alopecia at the level of the scalp. The clinical examination objectified a non-scarring alopecia front-temporo-parietal in both, without scales or erythema. then trichoscopy showed more specific signs than the clinic and diagnosed trichotillomania and Tinea capitis. Conclusion: the objective of our article is to show two cases of alopecia similar but with differences in trichoscopic aspect and diagnostic, in order to insist on the interest of a good clinical examination followed by a good trichoscopic analysis.
Keywords: Trichotillomania; Tinea capitis; Trichoscopy
