Adherent scale mimicing overlapping tiles in pityriasis amantacea due to scalp psoriasis
Keywords: Hair, Hair thinning, Scale encircling hair tufts, Scalp, Thick yellowish flattened scales, Underlying white scale
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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