Alopecia Mucinosa

April 1959 in “ A M A Archives of Dermatology ”

Waine C. Johnson

alopecia mucinosa erythematous plaques hair loss pilosebaceous apparatus cystic spaces mucin pilosebaceous follicle perifollicular lymphocytic infiltrate skin plaques

TLDR Alopecia mucinosa causes red, raised skin patches and hair loss.

Alopecia mucinosa is a dermatosis characterized by erythematous, raised plaques and hair loss at affected sites, with pathological changes in the pilosebaceous apparatus. Initially described by Pinkus, similar cases were reported by Szodoray and Kreibich, with Kreibich noting cystic spaces and mucin within the pilosebaceous follicle and a perifollicular lymphocytic infiltrate.

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