Blood vessels

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 Author(s): Lidia Rudnicka, Anna Waskiel Burnat

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Description	This chapter describes the vascular architecture (blood vessels) as seen in trichoscopy (dermoscopy of hair and scalp)
Author(s)	Anna Waskiel Burnat · Lidia Rudnicka
Responsible author	Anna Waskiel Burnat → send e-mail
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Status update	March 29, 2019
Status by	Ralph P. Braun

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Comma vessels	Dotted vessels	Hairpin vessels	Elongated hairpin vessels
C-shaped or slightly curved vessels	Tiny, red dots densely aligned next to each other	Small, linear looped vessels	Elongated, linear looped vessels
Inflammatory scalp diseases (seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis), healthy persons	Healthy persons in the frontal area, eczema	Healthy persons in the frontal area	Cicatricial alopecia (lichen planopilaris, folliculitis decalvans), T-cell lymphoma

Straight linear vessels	Thin arborizing vessels	Thick arborizing vessels	Capillary blood extravasations
Straight linear vessels	Thinner than the average terminal hair arborizing vessels	Thicker than the average terminal hair arborizing vessels	Round or oval, sharply demarcated, intensely red areas
Pemphigus vulgaris	Healthy persons (the occipital and temporal area), seborrheic dermatitis	Discoid lupus erythematosus, basal cell carcinoma	Active psoriasis

Concentric perifollicular vessels	Milky red globules	Linear helical vessels	Lace-like vessels
Vessels (loops or linear) arranged concentrically around a follicular unit	Globules or larger areas of a fuzzy or unfocused milky red color	Linear vessels twisted along a central axis	Combination of serpentine and looped vessels
Cicatricial alopecia (lichen planopilaris, folliculitis decalvans)	T-cell lymphoma, psoriasis	Psoriasis, pemphigus, T-cell lymphoma	Psoriasis

Glomerular vessels	Serpentine vessels	Thick root-like vessels	Vessel nets
Coiled or twisted vessels	Bending, scarcely branching vessels	Thick, irregularly banded, linear vessels	Interfollicular network of blood vessels
Psoriasis	Discoid lupus erythematosus	Discoid lupus erythematosus, congenital capillary malformations	Healthy persons, after topical corticosteroids