Catalog

Necrotising lymphocytic folliculitis

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Link to WHO Definition

Necrotising lymphocytic folliculitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/417800714

Necrotising lymphocytic folliculitis (acne necrotica varioliformis) is a rare and poorly understood chronic scarring follicular dermatosis characterised by necrotizing inflammation of follicles close to the scalp margins resulting in multiple small, round varioliform scars.