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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan;6(1):61-64.
doi: 10.1159/000502850. Epub 2019 Sep 24.

Post-Menopausal Woman with Frontal Hairline Recession

Paulo Müller Ramos  1 , Maria Teresa Nakandakari  2
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Case Reports

Post-Menopausal Woman with Frontal Hairline Recession

Paulo Müller Ramos et al. Skin Appendage Disord. 2020 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Alopecia areata; Areata-like pattern; Mycosis fungoides; Ophiasis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Alopecia affecting the anterior hairline (frontal and temporal) and loss of eyebrows (more pronounced on the right side).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
a Dry dermoscopy presented slightly diffuse erythema with low hair density, mild perifollicular scaling, black dots, exclamation hairs, and loss of some follicular openings. b Immersion dermoscopy presented yellow dots, vellus hairs, and circle hairs.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Histologic evaluation revealed a mononuclear infiltrate of atypical cells with a large hyperchromatic nucleus damaging the hair follicles and sweat glands, and folliculotropism in the presence of Pautrier's abscess.
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