Follicular mucinosis
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| L73.9 | Disease of hair follicles, unspecified |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
As Mucinosis follicularis (Syn .: Alopecia mucinosa, Mucophanerosis introfollicularis et seboglanularis, Pinkus alopecia, verschleimende follicular) is a disease of the dermatology denotes that the hair follicle is concerned, which hardens are palpable, so it colloquially called keratosis pilaris or scorbutic creeps known is.
Clinically, follicular mucinosis occurs in the form of foci with hair loss and papules that are well demarcated, raised flat, reddened and sometimes itchy. It usually occurs in the cranial half of the body. The disease was first described by Karl Kreibich in 1904 . The etiology of the disease is not yet known; histologically , changes in the affected hair follicles can be found. The prognosis of the skin appearance is different, it ranges from spontaneous regression to long-term spread over the entire body surface (depending on the underlying cause). Therapeutically, the treatment of an underlying disease is necessary (if known), for example, corticoid-containing topicals are used symptomatically.
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- ↑ P. Altmeyer et al.: Basic knowledge of dermatology. W3l Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-937137-95-5 , p. 446, (online)