A Case of Tufted Hair Folliculitis

Abstract

Tufted hair folliculitis is characterized by scarred erythematous aspect of the scalp on which each follicular orifice has tufted hairs.
A 54-year-old woman who had chronic nephritis came to our hospital complaining of 5cm reddish plaque on the parietal region of her scalp. On the lesion there were dilated follicular orifices in part of which tufted hairs were observed. Hairs on the lesion were easily pulled out. One month administration of roxythromycin was effective against the inflammation of the skin lesion in our case.