Don’t miss the clue in the crease: Recognition of childhood flexural comedones

Authors

  • Jennifer Roux Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA Author
  • Sarah J. Coates Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Author
  • Deeti J. Pithadia Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25251/x14pcf74

Keywords:

comedones, follicular, pediatric, pilosebaceous

References

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Published

03/02/2026

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2026): Dermatology Online Journal

Section

Letter

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