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frontal fibrosing alopecia

Classification: - variant of lichen planopilaris Pathology: - scarring alopecia Clinical manifestations: - a band of hair loss in the frontal scalp - follicular hyperkeratosis, perifollicular erythema * images [4]

General

follicular lichen planus; lichen planopilaris; Graham Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome scarring alopecia; cicatricial alopecia

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
  2. DermNet NZ (images) Frontal fibrosing alopecia http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/frontal-fibrosing-alopecia.html
  3. Racz E, Gho C, Moorman PW, Noordhoek Hegt V, Neumann HA. Treatment of frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planopilaris: a systematic review. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2013 Dec;27(12):1461-70 PMID: 23531029
  4. DermNet NZ. Frontal fibrosing alopecia (images) http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/frontal-fibrosing-alopecia.html
  5. Samrao A1, Chew AL, Price V. Frontal fibrosing alopecia: a clinical review of 36 patients. Br J Dermatol. 2010 Dec;163(6):1296-300 PMID: 20698851 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/733087_1