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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 8:18:8-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.09.038. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Paraneoplastic alopecia areata surrounding a low-grade cutaneous carcinoma with squamous and trichoblastic features

Rachel Cecile Cogan  1 , Jonah Wiseman Perlmutter  1 , Ken von Kuster  1 , Marni Charlotte Wiseman  1
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Paraneoplastic alopecia areata surrounding a low-grade cutaneous carcinoma with squamous and trichoblastic features

Rachel Cecile Cogan et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AA; AA, alopecia areata; CD8+ T; alopecia areata; low-grade cutaneous carcinoma; squamous; trichoblastic.

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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Tumor showing squamous and basaloid/trichoblastic features, with adjacent peribulbar inflammation. (Hematoxylin-eosin stain; original magnification: ×50.)
Fig 2
Fig 2
A and B, Peribulbar inflammation with lymphocytes infiltrating the bulbar epithelium (both photographs are from the same follicle). (A, Hematoxylin-eosin stain; B, CD8 immunohistochemistry stain; original magnifications: A, ×400; B, ×400.)
Fig 3
Fig 3
Patch of nonscarring alopecia measuring 3.0 × 4.5 cm with classic exclamation mark hairs at the periphery and a surgical scar in the center.
Fig 4
Fig 4
Regrowth of alopecia following intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injections with a persistent surgical scar in the center.
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