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Adherent scale mimicing overlapping tiles in pityriasis amanticea
Keywords: Hair, Scale enveloping hair tufts, Scalp, Secondary to seborrhoeic dermatitis, Thick white flattened scales, Underlying crust
Pityriasis amiantacea is a condition in which there is excessive scaling of the scalp. Thick silvery or yellowish scales encircle the hair shafts and may bind down tufts of hair.
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