November 2024 in “Cureus” The authors reported a case of significant scalp edema accompanying lichen planopilaris in a middle-aged woman, suggesting a potential new variant of edematous scalp conditions as a reaction to scarring alopecia.
May 2021 in “Our Dermatology Online” This report details a rare case of lipedematous alopecia with classical symptoms, including scalp swelling and patchy hair loss in a 40-year-old woman.
This study reported the case of a 30-year-old man with a bluish-grey scalp nodule that developed over a previously stable hairless plaque, revealing histopathological features consistent with epithelioid cell nests and spindle-shaped dermal melanocytes embedded in collagen.
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December 2013 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” A fungal infection can look like a different scalp condition in teens, leading to wrong treatment until proper tests are done.
June 2026 in “JAAD Case Reports” This case report details a 77-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and androgenic alopecia who underwent deep brain stimulation surgery, involving frontal scalp incisions and subcutaneous wire tunneling.